Nasty Riffraff

Marketing the War Part 2

Andrew Sullivan is losing his grip. He actually refers to This Washington Post article as "proof" of The Pretender's "under-rated political skills." From the article:

The pattern goes something like this: Bush finds himself in a jam, with heavy opposition to the position he advocates. After a sometimes painful period of stumbling, he casts aside all other issues so that he can focus his administration's attention -- and the public's -- on just one topic. Then, he hammers away at the issue, using the bully pulpit with numbing repetition and marshaling all arguments to make his case. When one rationale doesn't sell, he drops it and adopts a new one.
[Emphasis mine]

I guess Sully admires warmongering as marketing and PR. I still say we deserve better, even given The Pretender's limitations.