bugaboos

Burchard was summarizing three "bugaboos" that got the Republican "base vote" riled about the Democrats:

Archive 2005-06-01 2005

If you have, I may venture to leave it to you to inspect it closely, and see whether it contains any of those "bugaboos" which frighten Judge Douglas.

Complete Project Gutenberg Abraham Lincoln Writings Abraham Lincoln 1837

If you have, I may venture to leave it to you to inspect it closely, and see whether it contains any of those "bugaboos" which frighten Judge Douglas.

The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates Abraham Lincoln 1837

Back in September 2008, David Bookbinder, chief climate council for the Sierra Club, derided as "bugaboos," a "red herring," and a "pure scare tactic" (see segments 1: 47: 10-1: 48: 22 and

Planet Gore 2009

Back in September 2008, David Bookbinder, chief climate council for the Sierra Club, derided as "bugaboos," a "red herring," and a "pure scare tactic" (see segments 1: 47: 10-1: 48: 22 and

Planet Gore 2009

Back in September 2008, David Bookbinder, chief climate council for the Sierra Club, derided as "bugaboos," a "red herring," and a "pure scare tactic" (see segments 1: 47: 10-1: 48: 22 and

Planet Gore 2009

Seconded, so long as the Right gets equal tar for supressing their particular bugaboos.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Life Speech “Upsetting” and “Not OK” for the Duke University Women’s Center 2010

OrenWithAnE: Seconded, so long as the Right gets equal tar for supressing their particular bugaboos.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Life Speech “Upsetting” and “Not OK” for the Duke University Women’s Center 2010

The former -- when we're talking about homosexuality, rather than your bugaboos of incest, etc. -- is a variant behaviour which is used to mark out another group as deviants to be abjected by the unethical who justify their prejudice as morality.

Archive 2009-08-01 Hal Duncan 2009

Anglo-Indian cooperation, however, only opened up well-established American bugaboos about the violence of an Indian war; even Thomas Jefferson linked the war to those emotions, arguing in June 1812, “[To take] possession of that country [Canada] secures our women & children for ever from the tomahawk & scalping knife, by removing those who excite them.”

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011