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Both Sides of One's Mouth

This great and funny analysis by Adam Felber of how the Bush administration "clarifies" matters reminds me a bit of what Jon Stewart observed on yesterday's Daily Show (and I paraphase 'cause I don't have a tape or MP3 handy) about Bush's most recent "press conference." He showed a clip of a reporter asking about mercenaries, then Bush's response, and said something like "See what he just did? He took a legitimate question, turned it into a perceived insult, and thus refused to 'dignify' that 'insult' with a response." And it occurred to me that this is something the radical rightists have done time and time again, but I can't recall anyone actually pointing it out in such stark and obvious terms. Goodness, this show was missed last week!