Phrases to be Stricken From Public Discourse

"...emboldening the enemy..."
If your "enemy" has already pledged to fight you to the death and is willing to blow himself up for his cause, how much more "bold" can he really get?

"...serve at the pleasure of the president"
The undermining of the idea of members of the federal government serving the people, placing them as lackies of the executive branch notwithstanding, call me a perv, but in general this just sounds kinda dirty.

"...Anna Nicole Smith..."
Seriously, we've had enough. Let her rest in peace. Let us live in peace.

Some iteration of: "...mandate from the American people", "...will of the American people..", "...the mandate from the Novemeber elections...." in regards to the Iraq War
Until the "people" of the United States are actually able to find Iraq on a map, name the Iraqi Prime Minister or tell you when we went into Iraq, then I would caution against acquiescing directly to their "mandate". We (hopefully) elect people who we trust and believe have our best interests at heart and will do whatever is necessary to provide for the maintenance of our nation, and if that means not responding directly to the "concerns" of "the American people" (who are easily swayed by often incomplete, slanted [in various directions] news coverage), so be it. This is why we have representative government and not direct democracy. I point you to a quote from a Newsweek article from late last year, (which I referenced when it came out) regarding the election of Hamas in Palestine. A Palestinian pundit pointed out something to the effect of "the people didn't vote for Hamas because they believe in them. They voted for them because they wanted a change." In essence, the people don't know what they want, but they know what they don't want. To say that the people demand a pullout by March 2008 or August 2008 or any other arbitrary deadline, is opportunism run amuck.