oaknet wrote:
] Jeremy wrote:
] ] You might call it The Petition Mentality.
]
] Republicans rant, thinking optional.
] "For us or against us" actually sounds like
] an intellectual hypothesis (D*oh!).

The phrase was "with us or against us." That phrase and the "axis of evil" construct are Bushisms, not Republican Ideas. The latest Woodward book, Plan of Attack, provides a good in-depth explanation on the origin of that language.

For example, recall Rumsfeld's Rules: 3. Don't divide the world into "them" and "us."

Of course, it is sometimes easier to define rules than to live by them. I would argue that Rumsfeld is going against his own Rule when he talks about "a few bad apples."

Also, Harry Shearer's Le Show from 23 May had a funny bit on the notion of people as apples that is worth listening to. (Visit www.harryshearer.com, click on "Le Show".)

RE: Liberals Are Down but Not Out