It is hard to be surprised anymore by the rhetoric of the right-wing. I've come to expect a blind repetition of the latest GOP talking points - culture of life, freedom on the march, yadda yadda yadda.
The latest catchphrase to hit the conservative commentaries comes from none other than Dick "F*&k you" Cheney; apparently, the insurgency is in its `death throes'. Lucky for us, Kos already put that absurdity to rest.
Unfortunately, the rest of the GOP fantasy machine didn't get the message.
Victor Davis Hanson, in the Washington Times, wraps up an altogether Orwellian column (more on that later) by applying Cheney's fantasy to, well, a meme to encompass all global events:
Still, the racket and clamor from all these antidemocratic ideas in 2005 are not birth pangs, but the bitter death throes of those whose time has nearly passed.
The issue isn't really the (mis)use of one minor phrase; it is a symptom the up-is-down, black-is-white, back-asswards propaganda put forth by this administration and its supporters.
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