“Do Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan Want to Turn Medicare Into a Voucher Program?” (Politifact, Aug. 15, 2012)
Both sides are acting in self-interest, said Ben Zimmer, executive producer of the Visual Thesaurus and Vocabulary.com and language columnist for The Boston Globe. “I can understand Republican willingness to embrace this alternative term, just as I can understand Democratic eagerness to remind voters of the dreaded ‘v-word’ at every turn,” Zimmer said.
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