November 03, 2007

"Things Have Never Been Worse. Stay the Course."

Link: George Bush's presidency | A sceptic tackles a true believer | Economist.com.

The Economist cites Robert Draper's new book, Dead Certain, for uncovering a remarkable set of pithy phrases that captured the baffling results of 2000 and 2004:

In 2000 he beat an incumbent vice-president after eight years of peace and prosperity: the wry slogan among his inner circle was: “Things have never been better. Vote for change.”

Four years later, with the economy stalled and Iraq in flames, he won again. This time, the backstage slogan was: “Things have never been worse. Stay the course.”

Posted by Anupam Chander on November 3, 2007 at 10:37 PM in Current Affairs | Permalink