{"id":297,"date":"2006-12-12T23:20:20","date_gmt":"2006-12-13T06:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=297"},"modified":"2006-12-12T23:21:24","modified_gmt":"2006-12-13T06:21:24","slug":"the-white-houses-contempt-for-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=297","title":{"rendered":"The White House’s Contempt For The People"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his daily press briefing<\/a>, Tony Snow inadvertantly revealed the administration’s true feelings about the public they purport to serve.<\/p>\n

Question:<\/strong> …it seems that the American people are also speaking very loudly. I’m wondering how much is he going to factor in what they seem to be saying, and is he going to be listening to them?<\/span><\/p>\n

Answer:<\/strong> The President has listened, but the other thing that will be interesting is what I talked about before. Public opinion is not something chiseled in stone. Quite often it’s shaped by, among other things, political campaigns. And now there’s an opportunity for both parties to work together.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Public opinion is not something chiseled in stone.”<\/em> This is brilliant!<\/p>\n

In one fell swoop he justifies ignoring the will of the people, trivializes the results of a national election, and clears a path to wiggle out of any tight spot.<\/p>\n

You notice that he is not disparaging public opinion, just pointing out that it is mutable – that we are just a bunch of jellyfish with limited nervous systems whose perspectives can be molded by crafty propagandists like himself.<\/p>\n

What a pro!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In his daily press briefing, Tony Snow inadvertantly revealed the administration’s true feelings about the public they purport to serve. Question: …it seems that the American people are also speaking very loudly. I’m wondering how much is he going to factor in what they seem to be saying, and is he going to be listening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-4N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44125,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44125","url_meta":{"origin":297,"position":0},"title":"REALLY? 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