Musings from Brian J. Noggle: <i>Post-Dispatch</i> Columnist: Keen Insight Into Own Stereotype of Opposition

Post-Dispatch Columnist: Keen Insight Into Own Stereotype of Opposition

Sylvester Brown digs shallowly into his knowledge of Bush supporters to explain why we're delusional in his column today, "Isn’t it time we accepted the truth about Bush?":

BACK IN THE EARLY 1980s, comedian Richard Pryor used to tell a story about a woman, so in love with her man, she tolerates his obvious indiscretions. Once, after catching her beloved in bed with another woman, Pryor told how the man persuaded the woman he did nothing wrong.

"Who you gonna believe — me or your lying eyes?" the man asked.

While listening to the comedy routine recently, I finally figured out why President George W. Bush has managed to deflect scrutiny and backlash for his actions. Most Americans, it seems, look upon Bush like starry-eyed lovers. No matter what he's done or what's happened on his watch, most refuse to see their "man's" reckless behavior for what it is.

Who are you going to believe, me or this ~~lying~~ mistaken columnist, who faults Bush for:

Forget the flimflam, sleight-of-hand, word manipulation Bush used to justify invading Iraq — a country he claimed possessed a cache of nuclear and chemical weapons. It wasn’t about WMDs, he later told us with a straight face. We’re fighting for more democratic, nobler causes.

Wow, Sylvester Brown got dinged for making that very same claim before. See also Instapundit posts here and here. Perhaps like me, Mr. Brown just wants the attention from Instapundit and the readership he brings.
And what about those “secret memos” that were all the buzz in Europe?

That's the discredited Downing Street Memo.
A news story about a politician who vengefully jeopardized the life of a government agent — now that’s juicy stuff. Surely such a story, even if remotely true, would signal the end of any political career.

Gunning for Rove with BBs. Yawn.

So that's what our lying eyes--the media--would tell us are important. Not elections in Syria, Afghanistan, or Iraq. Not the recovery of the economy. Not the nomination of judges who are not voted on in the Senate. No, believe what columnists like Brown tell you, America, or you're a fool in love.

(Submitted to the Outside the Beltway Traffic Jam.)

- posted by Brian J. @ 12:46 PM