We've all seen the clip from the Bugs Bunny cartoon, in which Bugs (working strictly from memory here) confuses Daffy Duck to the point where Daffy starts to argue against himself, something like this:
Daffy: It's rabbit season!
Bugs: Ooooh, no, it's not, it duck season.
Daffy: It's rabbit!
Bugs: It's duck.
Daffy: Rabbit!
Bugs: Once and for all, it's rabbit season.
Daffy: No, it's not, it's duck!
Bugs: Have it your way, then. It's duck season.
And we all know what happens next.
Which, sadly, brings us yet again (and, man, this is getting tedious) to America's Dumbest Wanker™, who finds himself in the role of poor, deluded Daffy.
Consider the controversy over whether the recent Bush press event in Iraq was "staged," or "scripted". Note well that those aren't the same things, are they? Many events are "staged," and there's nothing particularly wrong with that. To be "staged" normally means that there was some pre-event preparation or agreement on general events or sequence. OK, no big deal.
But "scripted" -- that's a whole 'nother story. To be "scripted" is generally a more serious undertaking; it normally involves a careful preparation of actual words that participants are going to say (hence, the word "script"). Are you with me so far?
What this means is that to admit that something was "staged" is, perhaps, only mildly annoying, while to admit that it was "scripted" generally means that it was a complete setup from beginning to end, much more of a total fake in its entirety. So far, so good?
How, then, to explain, this example of howling stupidity from ... you know who:
CanadianCynic and other liberals seem to think "orchestration" (i.e. practice to make sure things like passing the microphone so you don't strangle someone don't happen), having "scripted" (i.e. prepared) questions from President Bush and running through who you are and what you are doing in Iraq means "staged." You know, as I said, that would make lots of what the MSM does "staged," too: interviews, reports, etc.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! In short, Weasel Boy now clearly accepts that the Bush event was "orchestrated" and "scripted," while somehow denying that this implies that it was "staged."
Dear Jinx: It's duck season ...
AFTERSNARK: I love the thought that the trogs of Wankerville have now been reduced to arguing semantics: "Well, OK, it was scripted but it wasn't staged. And, sure, it was orchestrated, but that doesn't mean it was scripted. No, wait, I didn't mean to say scripted, I meant to say staged, even if it was scripted. But not if it was orchestrated. Wait a minute ..."
Stay tuned for imminent redefinition of the word "is."
3 comments:
CC,
You didn't mention this, but Jinx is also out to lunch when he describes MSM interviews as being "staged."
They might be "staged" in the sense of arranging where people will sit, and what the *general* topic will be, like we're going to talk about the Tom DeLay indictments.
But if a MSM interview was "scripted" in the sense of warning people what the questions were going to be, that would be at least a minor scandal and is generally against the rules of proper journalism.
So, on that topic too, your buddy Jinx is completely wrong.
Hey, I've been to a couple of "presidential events" back when I was in the news business. These didn't involve Dubya, but his daddy, both as a candidate and as prez. Its pretty well evident to anyone around that every step, every camera shot, every word is thoroughy discussed, planned, and managed. You can argue all day about the definitions of scripted, staged, and orchestrated, but they all apply to ANY event to do with POTUS. Some men can overcome it somewhat (think Clinton), but it seems Dubya has become disconnected from the world by this system. Unless he was already disconnected.
Oh, and by the way, never forget that it was Ken Starr who argued the definition of "is," with Bill Clinton merely pointing out it was Starr who made the argument that "is" should have a flexible definition encompassing "was" and "might be."
Clinton gets unfairly branded for merely being the messenger. The judge admonished Starr's side on that issue.
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