Language for Conservatives to Avoid (continued)

"Run/s/running the country or economy" or "manage/s/managing the economy" (when referring to the federal government, especially the president)

The United States is the name of the federal government of a Union of American states that was established by the Constitution of the United States of America, wherein its responsibilities and limits are set forth. Chiefly, this federal government is responsible for protecting the rights of the people within the Union. The federal government runs itself, but neither the country, nor the states within the Union nor their economy. The closest it comes to managing the economy is through monetary policy and the regulation of interstate commerce, but these powers nonetheless do not add up to managing the economy, such as on the socialist command economy model.


"Congressmen and Senators"

This expression implies that Senators are not members of Congress. A better phrase is "Representatives and Senators."


"Constituent/s" (when referring to Senators)

The Framers of the Constitution created two chambers of the legislative branch. The members of the House of Representatives represent the people, while the members of the Senate represent the states, not the people who reside within them, but the states, as such. The erosion of this distinction has caused the Senate to become more populist and less federalist.