Bush and Crichton again 2

Apparently Chris Mooney's pleas have not been in vain: The New York Times finally picked up on the fact that Bush met with journalist novelist Michael Crichton -- whereupon they, according to Fred Barnes, "talked for an hour and were in near-total agreement" about the vast liberal conspiracy that is global warming.

I highly doubt the story will get very far. The Republican establishment has mastered some sort of occult PR judo whereby they cast so many outrages at the public, so fast, that none of them can actually stick or pick up any momentum. Misbegotten wars, national security leaks, torture, domestic spying, Congressional corruption, consulting an author of fiction for advice on global warming ... who can keep getting mad? Who can focus?

David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/david_h_roberts.

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  1. Kit Stolz's avatar

    Kit Stolz Posted 4:45 am
    19 Feb 2006

    Bush and Crichton

    Call it scandal fatigue. Innovative new method of government; populace gets so tired of your past screw-ups, they can't deal with the prospect of new ones.

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  2. rh Posted 4:57 am
    21 Feb 2006

    Rush Limbaugh has picked it up

    From Rush Limbaugh:

    If you haven't read State of Fear you ought to get it and you ought to read it, because he puts it in novel form, but documents how many of these groups actually try to create accidents and disasters on the eve of big conventions where they're going to be trying to raise money, how it is all a fund-raising operation; it all has its own political agenda.

    See here for all the - ahem - details.

    Chris Mooney has   more here

    RH

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