New Bush Doctrine: beyond "plausible deniability"

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Friday October 27, 2006 · 12:48 PM PDT

2006/10/27 · 12:48

Remember when "plausible deniability" was enough to save an officeholder's skin? The Bush team has now moved beyond that. Their current strategy is to say that something couldn't have happened because it would have been too stupid. Let's call it...

Deniable Implausibility.

Tony Snow today: "You know as a matter of common sense that the vice president of the United States is not going to be talking about water boarding. Never would, never does, never will," Snow said. "You think Dick Cheney's going to slip up on something like this? No, come on."

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Son of "the vision thing"

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Thursday October 12, 2006 · 11:49 PM PDT

2006/10/12 · 23:49

Keith Olbermann, in tonight's report on David Kuo'sbook, Tempting Faith, quoted Karl Rove as saying "Just get me a f*%#ing faith-based thing. Got it?"

I was instantly reminded of Bush 41 and "the vision thing." While that phrase has certainly entered the lexicon, the story of its origin seems to have gone down the memory hole.

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Tony Snow: Bush statements "artfully worded" to mislead

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Tuesday September 12, 2006 · 8:30 PM PDT

2006/09/12 · 20:30

Tony Snow admitted during the May 30, 2006 Press Briefing that Bush "artfully worded" a statement about the resignation of Treasury Secretary John Snow.

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Which third parties will nominate Joe Lieberman?

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Thursday June 15, 2006 · 7:41 PM PDT

2006/06/15 · 19:41

If Joe Lieberman's campaign staff is already planning an independent run, they must be considering other already-established parties. And third parties might be ready to extend their nomination.

Let's play matchmaker for the renegade Democrat.

Hmmm.

The Right-to-Life Party?
--they must love his position on denying hospital beds to rape victims

How about The Republican Party?

Any others?

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