And, the conservatives are well-versed in this sort of repetition.

"Dave" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:02:59 -0500, "Jeff Morris"
said:

If GWB was playing a game by avoiding the words "imminent threat,"
I'm not sure the public will buy it. If you took a poll today, you'd
probably
find the 80% of the voters "think" he said it.

I'm not sure I'd characterize it as a game. More a matter of prudence. If
Safire is right about the word's history and significance, using it would
have been regarded as tantamount to sending the troops across the border
the
moment the words left his lips.

As to what people _think_ was said, it's an illustration of the old maxim
that if you keep repeating a lie long enough and loud enough, some people
are going to believe it.


Dave
S/V Good Fortune
CS27