Once again Mr. Bush was in his bubble, ensuring that he wouldn't see Ms. Sheehan coming. So it goes with a president who hasn't foreseen any of the setbacks in the war he fabricated against an enemy who did not attack inside the United States in 2001.
When these setbacks happen in Iraq itself, the administration punts. But when they happen at home, there's a game plan. Once Ms. Sheehan could no longer be ignored, the Swift Boating began. Character assassination is the Karl Rove tactic of choice, eagerly mimicked by his media surrogates, whenever the White House is confronted by a critic who challenges it on matters of war. The Swift Boating is especially vicious if the critic has more battle scars than a president who connived to serve stateside and a vice president who had "other priorities" during Vietnam.
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Rovian Surrogates
I call them Reichwing Fairies. Frank Rich calls them surrogates. You be the judge:
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I've said this before - but American History is full of fine examples of Americans with principals not afraid to quietly and determinedly stand up for them - like Sheehan - and large numbers of frightened people trying to silence them. It is these individuals that fostered the leaderships that got us civil rights, voting rights for women, positive change that everyone can benefit from - and in Cindy Sheehan's case - she's got everyone uncomfortable and talking about the war when what everyone has been taught to do is to ignore it, watch the idiots on reality teeVee and go shopping. Slapping a bumper sticker on one's car and going about their business is NOT supporting the troups.
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