GOP Strategy/Tactic: Just Say It…Whatever

God knows it’s cheaper and easier to talk the talk than walk the walk. When the Bush administration thought the public admired a steadfast and unchanging stance on Iraq, the president said he would never change his mind and that the United States would “stay the course” in Iraq “as long as it takes.” Now that the Bush administration has been hit in the head with a board, it understands the public thinks the White House is idiotly stubborn and rigid on everything concerning Iraq, so the US Spokesman for Failure and Insane Decisions has stopped using the phrase. He’s even denying that staying the course was ever a policy. In fact, George W. Bush is saying the White House policy on Iraq always has been one of adjustment, flexibility and change. On October 11th, in an effort to explain exactly what the expression “stay the course” means, George W. Bush said, “Stay the course means keep doing what you’re doing…my attitude is, don’t do what you’re doing if it’s not working; change…stay the course also means don’t leave before the job is done. And that’s — we’re going to get the job done in Iraq. And it’s important that we do get the job done in Iraq.” Any questions?