ken mehlman on meet the press

[robinlynne]

on Iraq: "We are no longer staying the course. The choice is no longer between staying the course and cutting and running. Now it is between adapting to win and cut and run. We are adapting to win."

on terra: As long as there ar plots like this one the American people will choose Republicans. (I forget the exact words).

adapt to win. the new slogan. they don't even try to disguise it as a thought.

[MissWaverly]

1. They adapt all the time, they are natural chamaleons

You can't run a country on PR, and that is what they do.

[Sparkly]

11. Exactly -- all they "adapt" is their script!!

There is no end in sight to the mess in Iraq, as long as they're in charge. "Adapt" my ass.

[MissWaverly]

14. well, now they admit mistakes but want to stay

saying we can't lose, but we are losing, it's like somebody getting their car taken back by
the dealer, as it's being towed; they're shouting but it's MY car.

[MichiganVote]

2. Does this guy ever tire of tryin' for national choir boy?

[Jim__]

3. In and of itself, the phrase is meaningless.

But, my bet is that the media will accept it and sell it without demanding any specifics.

[MrBenchley]

4. What a disaster he was! (hahahahaha)

Mehlman looked and acted terrified, he couldn't answer any of the questions except with canned jargon, and he seemed genuinely sandbagged by the innocuous questioin "Will you endorse Joe Lieberman?" (Could he really have NOT prepared for or anticipated that question?)

I was reminded of Kevin Bacon at the end of Animal House hysterically shreiking, "Don't panic! All is well!"



(Google images is a treasure)

[Pirate Smile]

7. Tweety already asked him that question repeatedly last week.

He wouldn't answer it then either but you would think he would have come up with a better way to spin his answer - that is his expertise - spinning bullshit.

[MrBenchley]

12. It's an enormous trap for the GOP

especially because it seems on the surface like such an innocuous question, of the sort that ought to be easily answered "Yes" or "No". And dodging the question, as Mehlman is doing, is possibly worse than either "Yes" or "No."

[Sparkly]

13. It honestly makes me wonder whether they're going to replace Schlesinger

somehow... :shrug:

[MrBenchley]

15. According to TPM, they probably will....

But it's late in the game to do that, and after running a child molester in 2000 and a degenerate gambler (and an inept degenerate gambler at that!), a lot of voters will be thinking "I wonder what's wrong with this guy."

[napi21]

5. I watched Dean on MTP but switched to watch Lamont on FOX,

so I didn't see Mehlman...INTENTIONALLY!!!! I'm not sure which one aggrivates me more, Ken or Shrub?

Reading your post, I can say Ken is only doing his job. I think thye know their playbook isn't a winning one anymore, and now they're changing their story. I still don't think it will work.

Howard did a very good job on MTP and I'm glad I had a chance to watch.

[MrBenchley]

6. Dean did do a great job....

especially contrasted with Mehlman, who seemed on the verge of panic....

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

8. They would have to adapt to win because so far they are LOSERS

[earthboundmisfit]

9. Doesn't this signify a change in the U.S. "steely resolve"?

I thought "staying the course" was so great because it showed our "firm resolve". "Adapting to win" would imply our "resolve" is not so firm after all, wouldn't it, if by "adapting" we are changing, becoming flexible to fit the situation? "Adapting to win" - let me guess the orifice of origin for this one...

[Marr]

10. I know what you mean about these unthinking slogans.

The modern conservative movement is rooted so deeply in big money propaganda that many of it's leading voices simply don't think beyond those terms. They're not beauracrats or policy wonks; they're marketers. They don't think beyond the slogan, and they don't even realize how stupid it makes them look.

[kittenpants]

16. hmm... isn't 'adapting' just another word for 'flipflopping'?