Related to the Obfuscation Chart is this list of “Translating Politgabble” by a teacher named William Lambdin of Colorado:

• Decentralizing the Government: Akin to dehorning a herd of stampeding bulls.
• Fact-Finding Trip: A mission during which a candidate discovers the alcoholic content of drinks made in foreign countries.
• Government Reform: a plan for tennis courts, swimming pools and rooftop restaurants in congressional office buildings.
• In the National Interest: Used to express the preferences of Wall Street and Chase Manhattan Bank.
• Lunatic Fringe: A geographic term designating the coastline of California.
• Ship of State: An over-inflated rubber raft hurling out of control down a huge, economic drain.
• Urban Renewal: Relocating the ghettos; for profit, of course.
• Viable solutions: The used baptismal waters of officials in power.
• War Against Inflation: A limited war, like that fought in Vietnam and Korea, which the government has no intention of winning.
• Whirlwind Campaign: The important word in this phrase is wind.
• Will of the People: An expression not heard when politicians talk of their own salaries.