Bush Is a Liar, Obama Is a Savior: The Rhetoric of Propaganda
“The fact that President Clinton’s inactivity and not President Bush’s putative warmongering did much to bring the present conflictual situation upon us is conveniently dismissed from consideration.”
Hah! Some “fact.” In reality, Bush had a full seven months before 9/11 to reverse Clinton’s “inactivity” but chose instead to focus on tax cuts. He delayed meeting on the terrorist threat until August, and his response to the CIA briefer who delivered the famous “Bin Laden set to strike in US” memo: “OK, you’ve covered your ass.”
‘Utter the name “Obama” and a host of surrogate terms leap to mind — “savior,” “new man,” “peacemaker,” “The One” ….’
Double-Hah! Just as left wingers maligned Bush with the various epithets you cited, the right does no less with Obama. You should read PJM bloggers and responders some time — e.g., the following in response to this very blog:
9. Ione: “Well Obama is the reigning King of lying….”
16. X: “the big ZERO is simply not up to the job.”
14. OntarioBob: “Obama is dumb, lazy, shiftless….”
