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nostamj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 08:25 AM
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"trapped in the Bush illogic" (Dowd)
The Bush team prepared the ground for American doubt; they told us to expect a fairy tale and now resent the fact that we refuse to treat it like one.

The fundamental problem for the Bush administration is that it is endlessly propounding a contradiction: Wanting us to worry that we are battling for our lives against the terrorists, and wanting us to stop worrying about the state of the battle.

Everything is wrong, and nothing is wrong. We are trapped in the Bush illogic. Call it our curse.  


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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 08:41 AM
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1. Here is the message that Bush is presenting to America for 2004
Fear
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nostamj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 08:44 AM
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3. that's a third of the message

the BushCo 'TriFecta' is:

HATE, FEAR and IGNORANCE

Use FEAR to increase HATE

Use IGNORANCE to increase FEAR

Use HATE to increase IGNORANCE

and round and round and round and round it goes....
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 08:43 AM
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2. my favorite columnist
Next to Paul Krugman.

:)

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cosmicdot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 09:52 AM
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4. I'm shocked: she didn't use "Clintonesque" once
Edited on Thu Oct-16-03 09:53 AM by cosmicdot
Dowd often cannot criticize Republicans without a Clinton jab ...

"He is right that there has been a filter that has made it hard for Americans — and even Congress — to get the truth on Iraq, but it isn't the press."

Maureen - is he 'right'? ... the press and the White House are one and the same. So, you, as the press, must take some blame for the spin ... again, he lies, and you call him 'right' ... that's wrong.

I didn't see the word "lie" used ... and, I'm afraid, Maureen, it's a bit more than "endlessly propounding a contradiction" and/or "trapped in the Bush illogic" and/or "bewitched" and/or "bogus" and/or "curse" and/or "2 + 2 = 5" ... however, you're on the right track.

Sorry, to be so hard on dear Maureen ... she's no Molly Ivins nor Gene Lyons ... and, she has been an enabler since day one.

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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 10:12 AM
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5. we are trapped, are we Maureen?
and who were the media whores that helped get this dipshit "president" installed??
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