Short version: A cynical liar can be exposed or outmaneuvered; a true believer is all-consuming, impervious to doubt.
Author: Timothy Yu
ADPR writes: When Bush was on the air carrier and declared that, by winning the war in Iraq, we had struck against the 9/11 terrorists, it was the most cynical, shameless statement I’ve ever heard a political make. I guess what I’m thinking is: Cynical and shameless I can live with. All presidents are liars and manipulators; Bill Clinton was…
Congrats, you are Ron Silliman. Oops.
So if Bush did lie, why isn’t it more of a scandal? Why isn’t Congress investigating him, as Parliament is with Tony Blair? The run-up to the war in Iraq was probably the one and only time it was ever interesting to watch C-SPAN. Not because of the robust debate over going to war in Congress (there wasn’t any) but…
At least the British know how to do a political scandal right, with their “sexed up” documents and “dodgy” dossiers.
Guess what? Bush lied. I guess it would be more of a scandal, Josh, if we didn’t know it already.
I tried writing some postcard poems while in the waiting room before a doctor’s appointment today. It was an interesting experiment in writing in a place with negligible sensory input–a contrast to my usual instinct to write in locations of sensory overload, which I find have a kind of white-noise effect on my concentration while providing an unlimited field of…
My #1 result for the SelectSmart.com selector, PRESIDENTIAL MISTRESSES , is Angie Dickinson & John F. Kennedy. Gorgeous starlet Angie Dickinson, had a discreet affair with JFK. A beauty contest winner, Angie entered films in the 1954. One of the roles for which she is best remembered is the mistress of a gangster played by Ronald Reagan in The Killers…
This just in: Silliman endorses Dean. Sort of.
Short version of last post: Are postcard poems about production or reception?