"Hopey-Changey" Alive - NYTimes.com Refudiate this: Sarah Palin's undeniable impact on the English language. Exhibit A, of course, is the idiom she lent wildfire currency to only last year, by asking at a Tea Party convention on Feb. 6, "How's that hopey-changey stuff working out for ya?" Witness the meme's broad cultural reach ever since and - perhaps unfortunate in some cases - its seemingly limitless versatility. "How's that working out for ya?" - Herman Cain in the first Republican presidential debate on May 5, belittling rule by Washington politicians. "Someone really should borrow Sarah Palin's question and ask [Prime Minister] David Cameron: "How's that hopey-changey thing working out for ya?" " - The Observer, London, March 27 "Hey, seniors, how's that no-tax thing been working out for ya?" - Letter to the editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 10. How's that freedom-loving movement working out for ya, Egypt? Don't ask Obama (who tossed Mubarak to the curb with both hands) - he's busy invading Libya." - Atlas Shrugs blog, March 21 Hey Hezbollah, how's running Lebanon working out for ya? Yea, not easy anymore when you're in charge is it" - Surfview Capital via Twitter, March 23 "If you think schlepping a tripod along with your D.S.L.R. isn't worth it because you're convinced you can get a clean shot if you just concentrate hard enough, we have to ask ... how's that working out for ya?" - Engadget blog, May 3 "How's that working out for ya, B.C.?" - The Province, Vancouver, British Columbia, Feb. 8 "How's that Randy Pauly thing working out for ya?" - Commenter on the Daily Dish blog, May 23, 2010 "So how's that distaste with the Hollywood liberal elite thing working out for ya, Mama Bear?" - The Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 18 "So how's that "American Idol" thing working out for ya, Lee DeWyze?" - Fresnobeehive blog, Jan. 27 "How's that property-tax reduction that Gov. Rendell promised working out for ya?" - The Intelligencer Journal/New Era, Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 3 "Incidentally, how's all that big smiley, TelePrompTery, cardboard Greek-Temply, beer-summity hope and change working out for ya?" - The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Oct. 30 "How's that not name-y because it invalidates your argument thingy working out for ya?" - Tina Dupuy, syndicated columnist, Nov. 30 "Hey Sarah, how's that cross-hairsy, targety thing working out for ya now?" - Question in a Jan. 25 "State of the Union drinking game" on About.com that, if President Obama had actually posed it in his address, would have obliged players to down a six-pack. "Hey, everybody, how's that code of silence working out for ya?" - The Chicago Sun-Times, July 27.