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Trust, Don't Verify - Bush's incredible definition of credibility. By William Saletan by ryan is the supernicety at 1:20 pm EDT, Apr 14, 2004 |
] To Bush, credibility means that you keep saying today ] what you said yesterday, and that you do today what you ] promised yesterday. "A free Iraq will confirm to a ] watching world that America's word, once given, can be ] relied upon," he argued Tuesday night. When the situation ] is clear and requires pure courage, this steadfastness is ] Bush's most useful trait. But when the situation is ] unclear, Bush's notion of credibility turns out to be ] dangerously unhinged. The only words and deeds that have ] to match are his. No correspondence to reality is ] required. Bush can say today what he said yesterday, and ] do today what he promised yesterday, even if nothing he ] believes about the rest of the world is true. Fantastic commentary on the seperation of Pres. Bush from reality as noted in his *incredible* press conference yesterday. And yes, I am using incredible by its other meaning-- not credible. |
Trust, Don't Verify - Bush's incredible definition of credibility. By William Saletan by k at 1:33 pm EDT, Apr 14, 2004 |
] To Bush, credibility means that you keep saying today ] what you said yesterday, and that you do today what you ] promised yesterday. "A free Iraq will confirm to a ] watching world that America's word, once given, can be ] relied upon," he argued Tuesday night. When the situation ] is clear and requires pure courage, this steadfastness is ] Bush's most useful trait. But when the situation is ] unclear, Bush's notion of credibility turns out to be ] dangerously unhinged. The only words and deeds that have ] to match are his. No correspondence to reality is ] required. Bush can say today what he said yesterday, and ] do today what he promised yesterday, even if nothing he ] believes about the rest of the world is true. Fantastic commentary on the seperation of Pres. Bush from reality as noted in his *incredible* press conference yesterday. And yes, I am using incredible by its other meaning-- not credible. [ interesting... -k] |
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