. . "Back in the UK, I knew a number of centre-left women who voted for Margaret Thatcher, despite her record, just to get the ball rolling.posted by inpHilltr8r at 2:26 PM on January 23, 2004 This whole debate goes away if people would face the simple fact that in common usage, African-American is a euphemism and that it is not used or intended to be used literally." . .