I tend to watch all the Bush cabal speeches and interviews, and one of the things that always strikes me is just how good they are at these “talking points” (more). You know, those canned responses that they have (ie. “America is safer, and the world is safer” or “Americans knew this was going to be hard work”)? What impresses me is not only that they all do it (even Allawi), but that they all do it exactly the same every time — same intonation, same hand gestures, impeccable timing with the same laugh at the same point ever time… It's very impressive.
Of course, it's also a classic brainwashing technique; this type of repetition effectively “tricks” your brain into accepting these statements as strong memories, even if you're only hearing it as background noise. It's why sometimes you can meet otherwise intelligent people who will just parrot these points in the face of any facts that they're presented with.
Anyway, I was watching CSI: Las Vegas last night, and Gil Grissom was talking in sign language. I'm pretty sure this exchange, ending with an Anabolic-style “two in the stink” shocker, got him slapped.
Let's see what else is on TV. Pretty funny coverage of Bush's lying over on ABC. Now, maybe you're saying “damn liberal ABC”, but realize that what you're actually doing is arguing for media to lie to cover up lies by a politician who you misguidedly believe is on “your side”. Anyway, this is what Bush said:
We agree that the world is better off with Saddam Hussein sitting in a prison cell. And that stands in stark contrast to the statement that my opponent made yesterday, when he said that the world was better off with Saddam in power. I strongly disagree.
Jennings steps in and says (actually intoning and emphasizing the word I'm presenting in bold), “And this is what Mr. Kerry actually said,” then cutting to the following clip of Kerry:
Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator who deserves his own special place in Hell. But that was not...in and of itself, a reason to go to war. The satisfaction...that we take in his downfall does not hide this fact: We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure.
Anyway, it was funny to see the media for once call Bush on one of his really blantant lies. Hopefully it'll continue as a general trend, but I doubt it.
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