Friday, September 09, 2005

Forget the "Blame Game". What's the Game Plan?

After reading this post Phrase matching on Democratic Veteran I got to thinking, how can we reframe the debate in the corporate media?

I want the TV talking heads to stop regurgitating the Bushco spin line that to criticize the federal response is to engage in a "blame game".

How about "What's the game plan?"

As in, do we have the right players on the field?
Are our tactics correct?
Is this a winning strategy?

If Michael Brown and Michael Chertoff were athletes they'd be on a one-way train to Palookaville.

Of course, our GM is the worst of all. I don't even know who to compare Bush to. Ferdinand Marcos (they've both got shoe-shopping wives, Imelda and Condoleeza)? Captain Queeg rolling around his ball bearings and muttering "problem solvers, solving problems..."?

Anyone got any ideas on reframing the debate? Leave a comment.

3 comments:

  1. OK, I'll leave my own comment.

    How about, FEMA never had a game plan and the political appointees are bush leaguers?

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  2. How about "we never checked our oil levels...its purely geographical. Our OIL is located in
    Alaska
    California
    Oklahoma and
    Texas

    Our DIPSTICKS are in

    Washington DC

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  3. Now that's what I'm talking about!

    Thanks Big Daddy.

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