And This Pig Built His House of Straw

I'm planning to be pretty silent this week, given the multitude of lies that are spewing forth in NYC and it is just too hard to keep up with them all.

One thing that is worth following, though, are the number of straw men that the Republicans will ably knock down this week. I heard one example of this in a recent Bush speech where he said that he didn't believe that you should "negotiate with terrorists" but rather you "should destroy terrorists." Now, Mr. President, tell me again exactly who is proposing that we negotiate with Al Qaeda? The longer this campaign has gone, the more intellectually dishonest the Republicans have become.

Of course, we now know that Bush doesn't think he can win the war on terror. (Josh Marshall is absolutely right -- if Kerry had said that, they would have plopped Cheney in front of a podium in five minutes time to denounce Kerry.) It's been really fun watching Republicans try to explain to the American people what their plain-spoken President REALLY meant, even Laura Bush getting trotted out for that duty. Karl Rove must have spit up when he watched that interview with Bush.

The other interesting thing to watch during this week is the number of statements that will be made without any factual basis whatsoever. Bush is ___. (Insert your favorite Karen Hughes puffery here). They think that if they say it, the American people will believe it is so. Let's see who is smarter.

- posted by Joshua @ 10:11 AM