Bush and the Big Lie

I define the Big Lie this way: "If you say a thing long enough and loud enough, no matter how outrageous the claim, people will eventually believe it's true." Lord, there are many examples in Bushland to pick from-- like the Swiftboating of Kerry. The real, the important, question is "Is there a Big Truth?" Is there a point at which the lies have circled back onto to themselves so many times, that, like florescent fireflies metamorphosizing from congealing cancer cells, an emerging sense of truth takes hold and people finally realize what Bush and the GOP are really all about?

Congenital Liars and Hypocrites -- In These Times: "But the Bush “CEO presidency” has used every PR trick in the book—and then some—not to try to put a more favorable spin on events and policies, but to spin flat-out lies into facts. And really, this administration has not been engaging in PR. It’s been engaging in distortions and lies—in other words, propaganda—and has helped blur the line between the two.

And this is not just standard propaganda, as practiced on Voice of America, with motives that, however dubious at times, are transparent. No, this is what has been termed “black propaganda,” a practice that relies on passing false information and deceptions to a targeted group—in this case, the American public. Such psychological warfare was used by several countries in World War II. Japan, for example, dropped pamphlets in the Phillipines—ostensibly written by the U.S. Army—claiming the native women were disease-ridden. .. "

Oh, there's so much more. . .