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Monday, June 19, 2006

"Stay the course!" ... the new iconic phrase for failed governance

I do believe G.W.'s "Stay the course!" will go down in history as the new iconic phrase for failed governance. Like when things are really getting screwed up, someone will ask, "What do we do now?" And someone else with a good supply of sarcastic wit will reply, "Stay the course!"

Maybe someone will even come up with a little jingle:

If what you`re doing causes grief,
Stay the course!
If you`re headed toward the reef,
Stay the course!
Just be loyal through and through,
Do what Bushie tells you to,
And forget the warning brief,
Stay the course!


It brings to mind another phrase in the opposite vein:

"During a speech by Truman attacking the Republicans during the 1948 Presidential election campaign a supporter yelled out, 'Give 'em Hell, Harry!'. Truman replied, 'I don't give them Hell. I just tell the truth about them and they think it's Hell.' " -wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_'em_Hell%2C_Harry%21

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