But it's just a spirituality only, not an omnipotent bogyman in the sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Faces of Evil?] Reference
To keep the war going, the administration has brought the original bogyman back out of the closet. From Wordnik.com. [Memorial Day] Reference
Either he wants to make Iran the bogyman to scare people into voting for him or else he is incompetent. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Hits Obama's "Inexperience And Reckless Judgment" On Iran] Reference
Like you can have him for breakfast, and feel belittled when your government tries to make a bogyman out of him?. From Wordnik.com. [Medvedev’s ‘Tough Guy Act’ « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
"And this perpetual harping on the ~saboteur~ as a bogyman produces an epidemic of denunciation which revolts me.". From Wordnik.com. [Autumn] Reference
Asked why she makes such a popular Democratic bogyman, or bogywoman, Ms. Pelosi shrugged, smirked and, finally, smiled. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: Mo’ Music] Reference
Simply put, the GOP can't just keep voting against their citizen's interest in "safe seats" unless the democrats give them a bogyman. From Wordnik.com. [Bonior Building Behind-The-Scenes Momentum For Openly Gay Union Activist as Labor Secretary] Reference
Earlier up the thread you claim that the decisions on what is covered and what is not will ultimately be almost completely political This is a consistent bogyman argument on this site that is incorrect. From Wordnik.com. ["If the graph showed that rising expenditures on computer technology had eaten up all the increase in Americans' paychecks..."] Reference
Inflation expectations are the bogyman of central bankers, the psychological variable that can prompt businesses to charge more and employees to demand higher pay even when supply-demand fundamentals aren't actually driving up prices. From Wordnik.com. [ECB, Fed and Dollar Play] Reference
Second, Mr. Ghali points the bogyman under the Egyptian political bed - "fundamentalist mullahs, fomenting instability and allied with rogue regimes", i.e the Muslim Brotherhood -- to force international criticism turn a blind eye to continued human rights abuses. From Wordnik.com. [Nadine Wahab: Egypt: Trendsetter for Democracy in the Mideast?] Reference
Second, Mr. Ghali points the bogyman under the Egyptian political bed - "fundamentalist mullahs, fomenting instability and allied with rogue regimes", i. e the Muslim Brotherhood -- to force international criticism turn a blind eye to continued human rights abuses. From Wordnik.com. [Nadine Wahab: Egypt: Trendsetter for Democracy in the Mideast?] Reference
Courtesy of the Transatlantic Intelligencer which last week brought us news of how the French left-wing were regarding the EU constitution as an American plot, this week we find, from the same source that the right-wing is also proposing to take American bogyman line. From Wordnik.com. [Will the real constitution please stand up?] Reference
This ` ` feature '' won't be included on the digital VCRs and DVD recorders of tomorrow until and unless Hollywood executives decide you deserve it -- until they decide that the technical means of allowing neighbor-to-neighbor sharing of video won't open the gate to the Internet piracy bogyman. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: May 5, 2002 - May 11, 2002 Archives] Reference
There is no need to play the "fascist" bogyman card. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
"He's well known in Muslim folklore as a bogyman," said Alfred J. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The are utilized as to produce a bogyman and a pretext to obstruct democracy in the Islamic world. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Couldn't Mandleson use a better example than "stopping target setting" for his "bogyman Tory" routine?. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news] Reference
That recoil has further emboldened Israel's enemies, who are no longer intimidated by the American bogyman. From Wordnik.com. [Countercurrents.org] Reference
"And this perpetual harping on the saboteur as a bogyman produces an epidemic of denunciation which revolts me.". From Wordnik.com. [Darkness At Noon]
Make no mistake: It is the old 'lets change the subject' trick in combination with the 'fear the bogyman' trick. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
Richard the Lionheart was a bogyman for they still told the tale of how he had massacred prisoners after one battle. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
The truth, however, is that Holdren is a genuine cuckoo who probably checks under the bed every night to make sure the bogyman isn't there. From Wordnik.com. [Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy] Reference
"Why didn't you bloomin 'well harsk him if he weren't doin' ther imaginin 'trick when he sent us chasin' hup ther main, hafter that bogyman of his?". From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Pirates: Chapter 8] Reference
While Eastern coyotes are considered by many deer hunters to be the bogyman when it comes to the big threat to Vermont's deer herd, it is winter that takes the most telling toll. From Wordnik.com. [RutlandHerald.com] Reference
Those who struggled through the stagflation of the 1970s might note that we've painted our economy so far into a corner that former bogyman inflation is now the moderate, best-case scenario. From Wordnik.com. [US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha] Reference
Rather than identifying the true causes of America's diminished meritocracy - wrongheaded supply-side economic policies that unravel the social safety net - he blames the well-known conservative bogyman: affirmative action. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
But Mr. Rove's lingering impact, perceived power and even his bogyman status continue to place him in great demand, forming the basis of his lucrative post-White House career as a reported seven-figure author, six-figure television commentator and mid-five-figure speaker. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
He has been kept alive in the media by US government PSYOPS as a useful bogyman to justify America’s illegal wars of aggression. From Wordnik.com. [The Waning Power of Truth] Reference
“Why didn’t you bloomin’ well harsk him if he weren’t doin’ ther imaginin’ trick when he sent us chasin’ hup ther main, hafter that bogyman of his?”. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Pirates] Reference
This is a consistent bogyman argument. From Wordnik.com. ["If the graph showed that rising expenditures on computer technology had eaten up all the increase in Americans' paychecks..."] Reference
Four Nations: Aussies 'bogyman has the whistle. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Where's the bogyman? ". From Wordnik.com. [Horowitz Trounced in Debate in Rural Pennsylvania] Reference
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