Thursday, October 16, 2003

Maureen Dowd

I don't read or quote from Ms. Dowd all that much; but today she wrote a bit that sums up the Bush Administration's problem perfectly.

The Bush team prepared the ground for American doubt; they told us to expect a fairy tale and now resent the fact that we refuse to treat it like one.

The fundamental problem for the Bush administration is that it is endlessly propounding a contradiction: Wanting us to worry that we are battling for our lives against the terrorists, and wanting us to stop worrying about the state of the battle.

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