1. The truth is whatever you say it is;
Corollary 'A': If you say it enough times it is true by default;
Examples:
"Knowing these realities, America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof -- the smoking gun -- that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud. "
～ George W. Bush, October 7, 2002, Cincinnati, OH
"The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly Saddam can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud."
～ Condoleezza Rice, September 8, 2002, Washington, DC
" . . .inaction might provoke the sight of the first mushroom cloud on one of the major population centers on this planet’."
～ General Tommy R. Franks, the chief of the US Central Command, November 12, 2002
Corollary 'B': Obfuscation of the stupid is necessary;
Example:
"You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on."
～ George W. Bush
2. Braggadocio is very effective with the simple minded;
Corollary: Bellicosity is best!
Examples:
“If he thinks he can hide and run from the United States and our allies, he will be sorely mistaken.”
～ George W. Bush in a speech shortly after 9/11, referring to Osama Bin Ladin (over SEVEN years ago)
"wanted, dead or alive"
～ George W. Bush referring to Osama Bin Ladin on 3/20/2003
"bring 'em on"
～ George W. Bush, at a press conference in July, 2003 referring to Iraqi 'insurgents' who have since killed nearly 4000 Americans
Corollary: Cocky strutting and swaggering by a 'War President' impresses the Football watching, gun-toting wannabe Republican base;
Example:
Wearing a suggestive 'codpiece' and landing on an aircraft carrier off the California coast to declare 'Mission Accomplished!" - May 1, 2003
3. If you ignore it, it is not there;
Corollary: If you refuse to verbalize it, it doesn't exist;
Example:
Never saying the word 'recession' means there isn't one, in spite of the worst economic disaster in almost eighty years.
4. Denial is an effective dodge, even when the whole world knows you are lying through your teeth.
Corollary: The use of a supercilious smirk while lying tells everyone you are letting them in on the joke.
Example:
" We must recognize that government intervention is not a cure-all . . .the surest path to that
growth is free markets and free people"
～ George W. Bush at the
Manhattan Institute 11/12/08 referring to the economic crisis threatening the entire world, brought on by his administration's deregulation of the US financial system on behalf of 'free markets'.
Doggone! Turns out putting lipstick on a pit bull can be a very expensive proposition! Seems that turning a hockey mom into a pit bull attack dog is way more expensive than most of us might have imagined.
On the other hand the RNC tells us what makes her so attractive to the Republican base is that she's just your normal small-town regular gal, down to earth and just like everybody else. Yeah, buddy.
Recent studies now show that statistically, the Red State mindset leads to an unhealthy life style. I don't suppose this comes as any real surprise since conspicuous consumption is one of the defining hallmarks of Red Staters' doctrine.
After over five years, many - most - Americans have turned against George W. Bush's 'War On Terror', (aka: 'War For Oil'). Most of us now know, or at least strongly suspect, that the real reasons for Bush's disastrous war had little to do with national security, and more about corporate interests, and particularly the oil companies'. Indeed, it hardly could have been otherwise, given both the President's and the Vice President's industrial-strength connections with the oil industry.
Wearing a suggestive 'codpiece' and landing on an aircraft carrier off the California coast to declare 'Mission Accomplished!" - May 1, 2003
growth is free markets and free people"
