This trick—exploiting the desires and weaknesses of the principals to get them to do as we wish—was called bait-and-switch. From Wordnik.com. [Edge] Reference
The stimulus is also a bait-and-switch on employment. From Wordnik.com. [Why I'm Not Lining Up for Stimulus Handouts] Reference
Instead, what Mr. Obama offered was a bait-and-switch. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Hill: Europe's Post-Copenhagen View of Obama] Reference
Now they are saying that it is sort after bait-and-switch. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2008] Reference
As a result, there is a dangerous bait-and-switch that will be played. From Wordnik.com. [Dems Capture Long-Held GOP House Seat In Louisiana] Reference
Engaging in bait-and-switch financing, also known as "yo-yo" financing. From Wordnik.com. [Letter to Washington: Consumer Financial Protection Agency needs to govern all car financing] Reference
Cousar and his crew are being used as tokens for the old bait-and-switch. From Wordnik.com. [Pam Spaulding: 'Black Republican PAC' Fronts for Direct Mail Wingnut Welfare] Reference
But this position is a bait-and-switch tactic that should not be trusted. From Wordnik.com. [Jessica Arons: Not All Politics Is Local: Connecting the Dots on Abortion Initiatives] Reference
My hunch is that Lehman was the victim of hardball bait-and-switch tactics. From Wordnik.com. [David Fiderer: Wall Street's Meltdown: An Executive Summary] Reference
California, the -- there was a rumor that there was going to be a bait-and-switch. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2007] Reference
There is no reason to believe that Gore would have pulled a bait-and-switch on Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Nader: I'm Running Again] Reference
He says the Democrats engage in a bait-and-switch when it comes to the public option. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 23, 2009] Reference
But, the question is whether Emanuel's proposal is actually a bait-and-switch tactic. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Tasini: Democrats Can't Capitulate on Economic Fairness, Either] Reference
But the bait-and-switch aspects of the deal are not restricted to the original hard sell. From Wordnik.com. [Howard Schweber: What the Hell is Paulson Thinking???] Reference
Barney Frank, with great specificity, called him on his bad faith bait-and-switch tactics. From Wordnik.com. [David Fiderer: The Simple Arithmetic of Hank Paulson's Financial Disaster] Reference
One of the site's most popular memes is an online bait-and-switch known as the "Rick Roll.". From Wordnik.com. [Modest Web Site Is Behind a Bevy of Memes] Reference
In its place is a vaudeville of celebrity politics, bait-and-switch politics, spin politics. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brenner: America's Defunct Political System] Reference
The systems that google is challenging were full of false quotes and bait-and-switch tactics. From Wordnik.com. [Google Tackles Mortgage Market With New Comparison Ads] Reference
Meanwhile, conservatives continue their bait-and-switch tactics when talking about health care. From Wordnik.com. [Jason Rosenbaum: Senator Obama: "I'm proud to join Health Care for America Now."] Reference
But there's good reason to believe that the familiar bait-and-switch won't work for much longer. From Wordnik.com. [James Pinkerton: Reagan Democrats Will Change America--And the World] Reference
In a classic bait-and-switch, friends lure their colleagues to follow a link to an "AMAZING WEBSITE.". From Wordnik.com. [Modest Web Site Is Behind a Bevy of Memes] Reference
Nearest Thing to Heaven concludes with a bait-and-switch on the “empire” in Empire State Building. From Wordnik.com. [A Skyscraper (in Theory) And Its Myriad Meanings] Reference
Maybe this bait-and-switch is all a concoction of the media since both are newly minted American Idols. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Katovsky: Weird Sexual Vibes from the Republican National Convention Waft Across the American Heartland] Reference
Don't ever do a "bait-and-switch" and tell them you actually want a job instead of information, he adds. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Ask for a Job During] Reference
William Greider explained how this bait-and-switch worked in an excellent March, 2009 essay in The Nation. From Wordnik.com. [Here Comes Wall Street's Attack on Social Security] Reference
The surge was like all the other bait-and-switch scams used to spin away the implications of our Iraq policy. From Wordnik.com. [David Fiderer: The Simple Arithmetic of a Fraudulent Surge] Reference
Kucinich: I think there's going to be a concern around the country that this does represent a bait-and-switch. From Wordnik.com. [Joshua Scheer: Dennis Kucinich's Showdown With the Democratic Leadership] Reference
PETER BEINART, COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: Bush's -- beginning of his presidency was kind of a bait-and-switch. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2009] Reference
This was a classic bait-and-switch, another moment of flawless marketing by the WB team assigned to this picture. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Mendelson: When the Coming Attractions are the Main Attraction] Reference
Yet similar bait-and-switch tactics are precisely the method used by many of these anti-abortion "health" clinics. From Wordnik.com. [Reproductive Fraud? Sham Pregnancy Centers Face Pushback] Reference
If I got behind Obama only to end up with Jim Carville, I'm going to feel like this was a bit of a bait-and-switch. From Wordnik.com. ["Clintonites Are Everywhere"] Reference
He is attempting to employ the same tactics of bait-and-switch when it comes to health care, only on a much larger scale. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Can't Be Trusted With Numbers] Reference
The prosecutors believe that Hubbell basically pulled a bait-and-switch, refusing to say much of anything once he had a deal. From Wordnik.com. [Lewinsky Vs. Clinton] Reference
You requested this emergency DNA collection from Anna Nicole Smith's body because you said you didn't want a bait-and-switch. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2007] Reference
Lest you be tempted to seek out this issue in some local 7-11 Dumpster, don't bother -- it was a classic bait-and-switch job. From Wordnik.com. [John Eskow: Obama Fathers Two-Headed Gay Terrorist Baby: The National Enquirer-ization of American Politics] Reference
But we didn't want to face the tough task of going after bin Laden, so we did a bait-and-switch and went after Saddam instead. From Wordnik.com. [A Quick Note On Edwards' Judgment] Reference
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