Thirty Years Ago

Normally, something that happened 30 years ago isn't important. The problems are Bush lied about it, his party campaigned on getting rid of the last remnants of that lying Clinton, Bush committed us to an aggressive war based on lies, and Bush likes to act like the patriot hero dressing up in a flight suit.

Perception and timing and framing is everything. Clinton wags his finger at America and says he did not have sex with that woman, Bush says on national TV the evidence might come in the form of a mushroom cloud, Howard Dean yells during a 3,000 person campaign rally and they can't hear him but a microphone blocking crowd noise can all too clearly. The majority of the American public gets its news from ten-second TV bytes.

With the American public starting to doubt Bush on tax breaks for the rich, the budget lies, the resaons for war, the ties to special interests, this story will crystalize those doubts into the perception that Bush is a decieving politician you can't believe.

This will be important and will not die and go away with explanations that don't add up like before.