They told us so
Friday March 17, 2006; part of: War

ho ho ho ho

I have done occasional dive bombings of what the Telegraph wrote when the war was going well; but of course the standard of jingoistic hubris on American television is immeasurably higher. These quotes -- not just from Fox, but CNN, PBS, Washington Post reporters -- actually do a great deal to explain how we got into this disaster. Here is the USA talking to itself in the voice of a ten year old boy showing off in the playground. One treasure among many -- a television host on the First of May 2003:

"We're proud of our president. Americans love having a guy as president, a guy who has a little swagger, who's physical, who's not a complicated guy like Clinton or even like Dukakis or Mondale, all those guys, McGovern. They want a guy who's president. Women like a guy who's president. Check it out. The women like this war. I think we like having a hero as our president. It's simple. We're not like the Brits."

(picked up from Rafe Colburn's link blog )

Posted by andrewb at March 17, 2006 09:31 AM
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