The VPC-English Dictionary

"The NRA has a stranglehold on a lot of state legislatures," said Kristin Rand, legislative director the Violence Policy Center, a gun control group in Washington. [More]

Translation: All we are, when you get right down to it, are a bunch of seething Astroturf noisemakers.

Next try this phrase:

"They basically have convinced lawmakers they can cost them their seats, even though there's no real evidence to back that up."

No?

Translation: Nancy is a political whore.

Well waddya know? We've found some of that "common ground" the more worm-tongued antis like to talk about...

Kirsten, it must so suck to be you.

[Via Chas S]