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Friday 
01 September 2006
Propaganda 101
From the Washington Post:
While no Democrat has the powerful platform that the White House affords Bush and Cheney, the complaints about the mischaracterizing of positions on the war flow in both directions. Many Democrats accuse the president of advocating “stay the course” in Iraq, but the White House rejects the phrase and regularly emphasizes that it is adapting tactics to changing circumstances, such as moving more U.S. troops into Baghdad recently after a previous security strategy appeared to fail.
“Strategically, we are staying committed to the fact that this is an important mission and one that should be accomplished,” said a senior administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Democrats, this adviser said, say “we’re ‘doing the same thing over and over’ when that’s not the case.”
To the video tape:
Dress Rehearsal (I believe this was the first time the Repubs tested the waters on the “refute stay the course” strategy.)
For the record, the WaPost piece says mischaracterizations of positions on the war flow in both directions. Yet, while the Republicans all of a sudden don’t like the phrase “stay the course”, the Dem’s have NEVER used the phrase “cut and run”. Big Difference.
Thanks to Crooks & Liars and Think Progress for the inspiration and material.
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