Tom Toles for June 07, 1998
Transcript:
Gore: A con-tri-bu-tion from your bud- dhist tem-ple would be great-ly ap- pre-ci-a-ted... The chi-nese have al -read-y con-tri-bu-ted heav-i-ly and you know what they did to the bud-dhidt tem-ples in ti-bet... Toles: Old: New. New: Same old. Al Gore's Government Language Simplification Initiative. Old: "Request for contribution from a candidate to facilitate commmunication of his message." Old: "Making a contribution to a political party for the purpose of strengthening democracy through party-building activities." New: "Shakedown" New: "Bribe" Old: Passive Voice. New: Active Voice.