Revisiting the Big Lie

If you read 1984, you may recall that one of the features of the Big Brother-led government is that they would change alliances or history on a dime, denying completely contradictory information to the contrary. It would simple be erased and sent to the “memory hole.” One of the most important propaganda techniques is the Big Lie (developed by the Nazis), which is to repeat the most outrageous claim repeatedly so that after a certain point its reality cannot be denied. Hence the unbelievable statistic that the majority of Americans still believe that WMDs were found in Iraq. For the latest in this hit parade, read the following:

Think Progress Bush: We’ve Never Been Stay The Course:

During an interview today on ABC This Week, President Bush tried to distance himself from what has been his core strategy in Iraq for the last three years. George Stephanopoulos asked about James Baker’s plan to develop a strategy for Iraq that is between stay the course and cut and run.

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