The Blame Game

Friday, May 19, 2006

The Blame Game

I have been hearing this phrase over and over and over again. and, I am so worn out from its reiteration that my brain is no longer willing to entertain the concept. The use of this beat up and tired phrase serves to accomplish nothing but to exempt the speaker from responsibility. If something goes wrong, a plan goes awry, we find we have misjudged a situation...simply pull this phrase out of our old kit bag and everything is okay. Poof!! It's magic!!

Well...Americans have caught onto this ploy. It is not the exclusive possession of one or the other party...the Democrats have resorted to its use on ample occasions are certainly unabashed if they feel the time is right. But...the current Republican administration has perfected and honed the use of this expression to a fine edge and have become its masters. Shall we bow down to their infallibility, praise their perfection...live in AWE that they are unable to concede any mistakes made?

No...we have smartened up...we realize that to cop a "not guilty" plea to EACH and EVERY misstep of this administration is an exercise in misdirection, a ploy at which they have become extremely adept. Or so they think...One look at the polls will completely dismantle this illusion which they have foisted upon us.

So...I ask Mr. Bush...would you like to see your ratings improve?? No need to remove troops from Iraq, no need to solve the oil crisis, not necessary to alleviate the "undocumented worker" problem...just admit to having made mistakes. Katrina was a start, but Katrina has been all but forgotten, by the press and administration. Remember the George Bush pledge?? History!!

No...admit that taking us to war in Iraq was a mistaken policy based on cherry picked information, that there had been a preconceived plan as detailed in the Project for a New American Century, that your vice president is a war monger and has given you bad advice...and...voila!! Poof!! Ratings above the 50% mark!!

All the American public wants and deserves is honesty, Mr. President...

trickster108