The Reality Denial Field

5:09 pm EST September 9th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 13 Comments

I read conservative blogs for two reasons: opposition research and laughs. And this post on Powerline (“We still dispute the veracity of the Terri Schiavo talking points”) wins the booby prize

Here’s my point: whatever you think of the mechanics of a particular poll, the direction of President Bush’s poll numbers is clear. And it seems clear that Hurricane Katrina, and the outrageous attacks that the Democrats have pursued over the past week, have dealt him, and the Republican Party, another blow. I see no evidence that the Democrats are paying a price for their dishonorable tactics. And they won’t pay a price, unless the Republicans start defending themselves and attacking the Democrats the way they deserve to be attacked. The “turn the other cheek” approach that the administration has followed for years–don’t respond to attacks, no matter how unfair, just try to ride out the news cycle and move on–has resulted in one needless wound after another, and cumulatively they have now damaged President Bush’s standing with the public, likely beyond repair.

Yes, the Bush admin has sit there, docile, not once denigrating the war record of a veteran, sliming a former governor, deriding a lawyer as a girlie man or an entire party as terrorist appeasers. No, the Republicans have simply taken the barbs of those mean Democrats for years and are just too genteel to respond.

I would like to know who your crack dealer is because that is some excellent stuff.

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13 Responses to “The Reality Denial Field”

Semanticleo says:

September 9, 2005 at 5:09 pm

The philosophy is simple.

If you repeat a lie enough, it becomes acceptable truth. There are respectable conservatives, but they have already left the circle jerk-off club

It’s not for nothing your mother warned you it would make you go blind.
MichaelFB says:

September 9, 2005 at 6:09 pm

I read stuff like that and can’t help but hope that the douche at TIME who thought these yahoos deserved to be called “Blog of the Year” has a conscience that bothers him.

Jeebus – even crack can’t divorce you from reality that badly.
carsick says:

September 9, 2005 at 6:09 pm

Andrew Sullivan recently addressed Republican docility and Democrat attacking but he came to a much different conclusion. He said:
“The cronyism at FEMA (FEMA, for God’s sake) is a sick joke. And frankly, I’m stunned that not a single prominent Democrat has called for Bush’s resignation. Apparently, the Democrats are just too cowed by their electoral losses, but it’s still stunning. Not that Bush would actually resign, of course, but calling for his resignation would force Republicans up and down the line into the unenviable position of defending this indefensible incompetence. How long do you suppose the GOP would have waited to call for President Kerry’s resignation?

That just might be why the GOP is in power, do you suppose?”
Diamond LeGrande says:

September 9, 2005 at 7:09 pm

It’s called projectionism. Ther American Right always pins its own worst traits onto its foes — liberals, French, liberals, blacks, liberals, Arabs, liberals, welfare recipients, liberals, feminists, liberals, homosexuals and liberals. Besides, the only way Americans would hate George Bush is because the evil liberals in the MSM told them he was a bad man who hates black folks.
Frumious Blues says:

September 9, 2005 at 7:09 pm

TIME s Blog of the Year projecting again

Oliver Willis points us to a Powerlineblog post that is, to say the least, reality-challenged:
Here s my point: whatever you think of the mechanics of a particular poll, the direction of President Bush s poll numbers is clear. And it seem…
TR88 says:

September 9, 2005 at 7:09 pm

There’s a scene in the remake of “The Thing”, where a character’s head detaches itself, shoots out a 4-foot tongue to pull itself under a table, sprouts crab legs, and starts scuttling away.

Deja vu.
rhys says:

September 9, 2005 at 7:09 pm

I swear that if Satan Himself was on the Republican ticket, Powerline and friends would still be claiming that the Democrats are “more evil”.
elrod says:

September 9, 2005 at 9:09 pm

I love the smell of Republican fear in the morning. Seriously, who cares what idiotic rationale Powerline gives for Bush’s declining poll numbers. When Assrocket says Bush’s standing with the public is “damaged” and “beyond repair” I can only sing Hallellujah.
Frank_D says:

September 9, 2005 at 9:09 pm

The fact that most of the American may be frightened and demoralized means not a thing to you, if it means a good electoral chance for the Democrats in ’06. and ’08…

Real caring for your country, there, elrod…
Semanticleo says:

September 9, 2005 at 10:09 pm

Frank;

Your last comment was a little gratuitous. You have to remember that all these comments of yours will be exploited by the democrats when you become Condi’s Press Secretary.
Mouse says:

September 9, 2005 at 11:09 pm

(Ugh…the last two paragraphs are not supposed to be in blockquotes)
Mouse says:

September 9, 2005 at 11:09 pm

The fact that most of the American may be frightened and demoralized means not a thing to you

Project much?

Allow me to refresh your memory:

Apparently, things have just gotten better for Bush:

Death Toll May Be Far Less Than Expected
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Sep 9, 5:21 PM (ET)
By ERIN McCLAM

It appears that someone’s first reaction to hearing that not as many people may have lost their lives waiting for help to arrive in vain, was that it was a positive for the president.

I recall a quote somewhere about a log, a speck and somebody’s eyes. I think it may be time for a visit to the optometrist Frank.
Frank_D says:

September 12, 2005 at 12:09 pm

I wasn’t projecting — that was bitter sarcasm at its best…

My point should have been obvious — liberals will be sorry to hear that will be not thousands of dead to hang around Bush’s neck. Obviously a major jibe.

This statement:
The fact that most of the American may be frightened and demoralized means not a thing to you
was declarative, not sarcastic