Word: claptrap
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...film establishes the new racialist dynamic—the politically correct common ground that “inside their shell everybody is insecure.” Or some such claptrap...
Remember when knowing about John Woo was the cutting edge of cinematic cool? You know, before he started making claptrap like Paycheck? Well, there is a new Hong Kong action flick that those in the know have been talking about since its 2002 megablockbuster release in its native country: Infernal Affairs. It is the story of a cop who is undercover in the mob and a mob man working undercover as a cop. But this is no namby-pamby Donnie Brasco knockoff. Both sides realize they have a traitor, and the action begins in the classic Hong Kong action style...
...President as a man of simple strength and do everything possible to avoid a discussion of Iraq or the effects of globalization on the American economy. The Kerry strategy is to present an "optimistic" candidate with a "positive plan for the future." The Kerry consultants, who actually believe this claptrap and have zero sense of political theater, sound like a bunch of low-budget Ginzu-knife salesmen when they represent their candidate on television: We're offering you a $4,000 college-tuition tax credit and--for no extra charge--a $1,000 reduction in your health-care costs! They...
Klein was dead wrong in advising John Kerry's campaign to move to the middle and stay away from "the usual partisan claptrap." Why should the Democrats be the goody-goody party while President Bush and the Republicans govern like right-wing extremists with no apologies to anyone? The Democrats need to fight back hard, get down and dirty and remind their supporters that the election of 2000 was stolen. The Democrats have turned the other cheek once too often. Now it's time to hit back, and hard. FRANK CHILLE Cherry Hill...
...McCain his choice for Vice President and announce a government of national reconciliation composed of moderate Democrats and Republicans. This is, of course, a fantasy. McCain has already (tepidly) endorsed Bush. But a radical move to the middle, a campaign that looks and sounds different from the usual partisan claptrap--one that features more ideas like Kerry's proposed reduction in the corporate tax in return for corporate-loophole closing--may be John Kerry's only chance to transcend the swamp gas that is threatening to engulf this long, long political year...