Full court press
By Creature
More opinionated propaganda from the proudly partisan Washington Post. However, this is no ordinary propaganda piece. This opinion piece is written by a current member of the White House staff. Here, I'll show you. Let's start from the bottom up:
Talk about getting their message out. Now, what would that message be? Well, it seems there is a whole bunch of bad news bombarding the American people these days, but never fear Peter Wehner -- the deputy assistant to the president and director of the White House's Office of Strategic Initiatives -- is here to give you all some perspective. Because, you know, from his position as deputy assistant to the president and director of the White House's Office of Strategic Initiatives things really don't seem so bad.
After quickly brushing aside the bad news (Iraq, Iran, gas prices, immigration, and Katrina rebuilding) the deputy assistant to the president and director of the White House's Office of Strategic Initiatives lets us know that:
I won't quote any more from the piece, mainly because I wouldn't want to ruin all the good news through my cynical liberal lens. And, I'm sure Peter Wehner -- the deputy assistant to the president and director of the White House's Office of Strategic Initiatives -- wouldn't want my taint on his good news either.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are baring witness to a full court White House press to frame reality back to the delusion-filled bubble the Bush administration so successfully promoted to the American people before Iraq and Katrina exposed them for the incompetent fools they really are. I will say, this time, they are trying to do it with a bit more humility. They do admit that mistakes have been made, however all the humility in the world doesn't change the fact that actual governing is the last thing on the agenda for the image-over-substance presidency.
(Cross-posted at State of the Day.)
More opinionated propaganda from the proudly partisan Washington Post. However, this is no ordinary propaganda piece. This opinion piece is written by a current member of the White House staff. Here, I'll show you. Let's start from the bottom up:
The writer is deputy assistant to the president and director of the White House's Office of Strategic Initiatives.
Talk about getting their message out. Now, what would that message be? Well, it seems there is a whole bunch of bad news bombarding the American people these days, but never fear Peter Wehner -- the deputy assistant to the president and director of the White House's Office of Strategic Initiatives -- is here to give you all some perspective. Because, you know, from his position as deputy assistant to the president and director of the White House's Office of Strategic Initiatives things really don't seem so bad.
After quickly brushing aside the bad news (Iraq, Iran, gas prices, immigration, and Katrina rebuilding) the deputy assistant to the president and director of the White House's Office of Strategic Initiatives lets us know that:
[T]hey aren't the whole story -- and they ought not color the lens through which we see all other events. We hear a great deal about the problems we face. We hear hardly anything about the encouraging developments. Off-key as it may sound in the current environment, a strong case can be made that in a number of areas there are positive trends and considerable progress. [Read more]
I won't quote any more from the piece, mainly because I wouldn't want to ruin all the good news through my cynical liberal lens. And, I'm sure Peter Wehner -- the deputy assistant to the president and director of the White House's Office of Strategic Initiatives -- wouldn't want my taint on his good news either.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are baring witness to a full court White House press to frame reality back to the delusion-filled bubble the Bush administration so successfully promoted to the American people before Iraq and Katrina exposed them for the incompetent fools they really are. I will say, this time, they are trying to do it with a bit more humility. They do admit that mistakes have been made, however all the humility in the world doesn't change the fact that actual governing is the last thing on the agenda for the image-over-substance presidency.
(Cross-posted at State of the Day.)
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