A friend of mine came up with that phrase in a completely different context, but I think it applies perfectly to the current Republican voter base, as well as the administration to which they cleave. They stick their heads far in the sand and away from reality, and figure that reality can therefore not touch them. And in large measure it works because they get to frame their version of things, and that frame then becomes the only talking point given attention by either side. Linguistics prof George Lakoff (as far as I'm concerned a worthy successor to Noam Chomsky) has more specifics about this phenomenon in Alternet (via Cyndy Roy).
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