Reply #21: I think maybe we've been conditioned [View All]

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Usually, Bush goes on TV, goes "blah blah blah not my fault" or whatever, and the fair and balanced talking heads have someone on to refute his words and let his lies stand as facts that just happen to be from a different perspective.

We're so used to seeing his spin working that we assume that now that he's shown up, several days late and several dollars short, his old black magic is going to work again.

However, the country and the world have been transfixed by what is going on. There are pictures and unending news coverage of just how massive and egregious this failure is. And if it hasn't started already, people are going to start asking themselves "Wasn't he supposed to be the one who's GOOD on terror/preparedness?"

The pictures are what will make the difference. There weren't any OMG pictures of Sibel Edmonds or election fraud or missing WMDs, and there haven't been many pictures of the war, either. This is different. Nobody can forget what we've seen on TV in the past week.