Letter: Bush's marketing of war should disgust America
(10/11/02 4:00am)
"You don't launch a new product in August," White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card told The New York Times. No, the centerpiece of the strategy was the first anniversary of Sept. 11, helping to "move Americans toward support of the action against Iraq." Accordingly, on the next day President George W. Bush launched the new product at the United Nations. And here we are in the month before Congressional elections able to think of nothing but Saddam Hussein. We really need to stand back and admire the superb marketing skills of the White House. Their efforts at mass distraction have really worked! All of us, like sheep, dare not be unpatriotic.