*'s campaign backward twisted logic

[joanne]

Maureen Dowd said it so well:

The Bushies' campaign pitch follows their usual backward logic: Because we have failed to make you safe, you should re-elect us to make you safer. Because we haven't caught Osama in three years, you need us to catch Osama in the next four years. Because we didn't bother to secure explosives in Iraq, you can count on us to make sure those explosives aren't used against you.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/31/opinion/31dowd.html?hp

The trouble is.... at least 45% of Americans agree with that logic!

[elehhhhna]

1. If at first you don't succeed--fool me twice-shame on you!

[life_long_dem]

2. that's not how that saying goes

Fooled myself and fools are shameful, uh, er, um, don't fool with me, and don't forget poland.