Cop Outs

Before we get underway, catch up with the action on the Republican campaign trail with our live blog of the day's activity.8.05pm: We already have excerpts released by the White House ahead of the speech tonight – and the strongest line so far comes when Obama says: "No bailouts, no handouts and no cop-outs":Think about the America within our reach: A country that leads the world in educating its people. ❋ Unknown (2012)

The strongest line so far has to be the "No bailouts, no handouts and no cop-outs":Think about the America within our reach: A country that leads the world in educating its people. ❋ Unknown (2012)

I could argue that Moore flouts these with his cop-outs, the deus ex machina, the expediently inconsistent behaviour of characters like Starbuck and Tigh, that the result may be serviceable but it is still Just Plain Bad in terms of craft, like bad code that runs but is ridden with bugs. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

It's time to apply the same rules from top to bottom: No bailouts, no handouts and no cop-outs. ❋ Unknown (2012)

It's time to apply the same rules from top to bottom: no bailouts, no handouts, and no cop-outs. ❋ Unknown (2012)

The Democrats have the White House and both houses of Congress, yet are abdicating single payer universal healthcare, among a host of other cop-outs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We are supposed to feel guilty for what other people did but there are a thousand cop-outs for what we ourselves did to those we did it to. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Cultural Christians love to sing the praise of disciple makers while themselves simultaneously avoiding, through the most crafty cop-outs, actually engaging in obedience to the Great Commission. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Factor in ghostwriters, extremely careful publishing house legal departments, and musicians gunning for either continued relevance or to maintain a carefully crafted public image, and more often than not those bios end up as disappointing cop-outs. ❋ Unknown (2011)

President Obama must show real leadership on this issue: no more fumbles, giveaways and cop-outs. ❋ Caroline Henderson (2010)

Ben Affleck himself turns in a rote star turn, but he directs himself in so many soulful closeups, allows himself so many gratuitous glamor moments (he actually has a shirtless workout montage), and gives his character so many excuses and moral cop-outs that the film becomes an exercise in ego. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And if any of McSame's hacks start talking about Obama "voting present," even though those votes were procedural moves rather than cop-outs, this is exactly what Obama's people have to throw back in McSame's face. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But these are same cop-outs used WHENEVER a study finds racism is the cause of anything. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Don't [say you] [need] to [aaronize]. That's just a cop out. ❋ The Grammar Nazi (2001)

I was going to go to the movies with [Gillian] last night, but she copped out on me and made her [father] [dinner]. ❋ Justin (2005)

Saying you're sick [just because] you want to avoid a big [test] that you're [prepared] but scared for is a cop out. ❋ Chanceit (2007)

[Switchfoot's] "[24]" gives a message of hope when the [lead singer] repeats "I'm not copping out. Not copping out. Not copping out." ❋ Zealand (2007)

This phrase was parodied by [Monty Python] to end some [sketches]. Instead of a climax or [punch line], the police (cops) would turn up and arrest the characters. Therefore, they would literally "cop out" of finishing the sketch. The most notable was at the end of "Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail". ❋ IndyMac (2009)

Even though Officer Jerry's shift wasn't over, [Officer Bob] still let Jerry [cop out] on dealing with [the Karen] bringing her problems to the police station because he's a good a friend. Kudos to him ❋ HE :) WHO WRITES (2021)

The ending to [Michael Crichton's] The [Andromeda] Strain. "Wait...the completely unstoppable supervirus turned into a [non-lethal] form. Now it eats rubber instead of killing people! We are saved!" Reader: "What a fucking cop out." ❋ Desmond Jones (2006)

1. Chris would have [met up] with his friends today but being a [cop out], he stayed in and watched child anime porn then played with his sisters. 2. [Vaughan] is such a cop out! ❋ Mattius Von Grim Lindley (2009)

Disgruntled citizen, speaking to his wife over morning coffee and [reading the newspaper]: Huh --- says here that the sheriff claims his [deputies] just need "additional training" in the wake of a [spate] of police-brutality and racial-profiling complaints... what a cop-out! The problem is that those piglice are dyed-in-the-wool assholes, and he knows it --- "training" isn't gonna help THOSE sadistic bullies; they behave that way due to their basic evil/hurtful nature, not because they are merely not "learned" or "familiar" enough about their assigned duties or how they're supposed to act! ❋ QuacksO (2017)

"I [feared] for my life when he reached for his [wallet],' is such a [cop-out]." ❋ Dex Novice (2021)