THE OUTRAGEOUS SILENCE OF DUMB AND DUMBER!

BUSH AND CHENEY PLAY MUTEAS THE NATION BLEEDS!

A TvNewsLIES Analysis - November, 2005

It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable:

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Let’s get our terms straight here. We’re not talking “Dumb” as in lacking intellectual acuity or understanding. We’re talking “Dumb” as in lacking the power or ability of speech. We’re talking about a stunt in which the President and Vice President have turned themselves into non communicative mutes. We’re talking about George Bush and Dick Cheney, the silent duo who will not answer to the people of this nation. We’re talking about two men who scoff at any attempt to hold them accountable for their crimes.

We’re talking about an untenable and unacceptable moment in our history, when silence has become a blight on the presidency and a slap in the face to the nation.

We’re talking about a nefarious President and his cohort who have chosen to play Dumb and Dumber in a very dangerous game.

It is absolutely astounding that, despite all the scandals and failures that surround their administration, the two men at the top simply refuse to utter a word of explanation. No matter who asks the questions, they refuse to answer. Our nation is bleeding from the wounds that these men consciously conspired to inflict, but they have nothing at all to say to us. At this crucial moment when the country is in free fall, George Bush and Dick Cheney have conveniently lost their tongues. The leaders of the free world are playing mute, and it is high time to call their bluff.

Not surprisingly, their ruse is being treated by the press as ordinary as inconsequential. Only days ago in Argentina, the President “batted away questions,” about Karl Rove. He “declined to answer,” they wrote; he “sidestepped the question.” No one talked of a “cover up” or a “conspiracy,” - no one at all.

Despite the apparent evasiveness of the President, the reporters who asked about a major scandal seemed unperturbed that he simply ‘wouldn’t comment.” They showed no overt frustration or disappointment. They asked no follow up questions and raised no additional voices. Instead, when the man in the limelight waved them off, the members of the press simply folded their tents and meekly crept away.

The moral of the story is pretty clear: playing Dumb isn’t really a dumb move at all. In fact, it works so well that it reeks of Karl Rove cunning.

THE FALLOUT