Movement analysis of Bush: the alcoholic father who comes home after a binge

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Good diary at Kos.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/1/11/105125/883



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What he said mattered little for his case; he ran through the homilies and platitudes without belief. This speech was all about conveying intention without serious rationale.

At one point he stated that the mistakes "rest with me." It was a moment of profound disconnection; he almost edged away from the words and his mouth grimaced a little more. When he damned the Iraq Study Group with faint praise, his eyes blinked rapidly; a little too obviously disingenuous.

There was not a moment of heartfelt or gut-level rhetoric. The entire speech consisted of George Bush reading a statement that escalates an already insane situation.

It reminded me of an alchoholic father who comes home after a binge and tells the family that they must leave the house and move because they have not paid the bills. As the world sits here today and contemplates the path laid before the United States last night, they must wonder at our complicity in the madness.
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[lancdem]

1. Very good

Thanks for posting this.

[The Count]

2. best comment yet.

[TayTay]

5. Good stuff

Bush did not believe his own spin. That was evident.

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6. Bush always knows he's lying - why media pretends he's a true believer is just more

pretending from them that they aren't part of the lie.

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7. Just read the thread and realized that the OP is a DU poster, too.

One of our very own. karendc posts here at DU, too. This reply post opened my eyes.


Folks, please note Karen's credentials on this... (11+ / 0-)
are extensive.

Karendc is a nationally recognized and well respected movement analyst. In the past, she has been called to analyze Bush's movements during the 2004 debates by major networks.

I say this because, while many of us may casually note one of two of the things that Karen writes about, Karen has trained, studied and written extensively on this subject.

Which is all by way of saying that Karendc is the leading authority on this.

Oh, and Michelle Malkin can't stand Karendc's work. Can there be higher affirmation of deep and resounding truth behind her work than that?

[Warpy]

3. Don't forget his blaming the "family" for not paying those bills

while he was out oiling his brains with his rich buddies. He was otherwise occupied, so he remains blameless.

It's our responsibility to pay for his mistakes, always.

(I write this as a survivor of an alcoholic marriage. I know how they think)

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4. Yep - the analyst hits every note exactly right.

I intend to send this to my local newspaper and give the editors food for thought.

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8. Kicking for a helluva Kos post worth reading.

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