"(Bush) must, as Nixon did with Vietnam and Reagan did with the Cold War, confront the adversaries directly ... without mincing words."
-- Ken Khachigian, former Nixon aide and Reagan speechwriter,
Nov. 16***
This is how the conservative mind works. Forget
facts! Embrace spin! Confuse Americans!
Somewhere,
Gus Hall is smiling. (And for different reasons, probably Karl Rove, too.)
Taken literally, Khachigian compares critics of the administration -- and let's remember, 57% of Americans
believe that Bush "deliberately misled" the nation when making the case for war -- are
akin to the communists of North Vietnam or the old Soviet Union.Wow.
What an insult to more than half of the country's intelligence. I wonder how quickly Khachigian can find work in the Bush Administration. With the Plame-gate investigation still under way, there may be some key openings upcoming.
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Journalists Against Bush's B.S.