I’m not the only one writing about how aptly truthiness captures the current political landscape. In his new column “Truthiness Stages a Comeback” Frank Rich excoriates the McCain-Palin campaign for its deceptive, ad hominem campaign tactics: A Rovian political strategy by definition means all slime, all the time. The more crucial Rove game plan is [...]
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Truthiness Redux
Posted in Politics, tagged Election 2008, Frank Rich, George Bush, Helen Thomas, John McCain, Karl Rove, Keating Five, lies, McCain-Palin, NYtimes, Politics, Sarah Palin, Stephen Colbert, truthiness on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Truthiness
Posted in Culture, Politics, tagged conventional wisdom, Election 2008, indecision, John McCain, McCain-Palin, Politics, Sarah Palin, Stephen Colbert, Susan Jacoby, The Word, truthiness, unreason, words on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since writing about the durability of lies, it occurred to me that I missed how well Colbert’s neologism “truthiness” sums up the present political milieu. All of the McCain-Palin fabrications are brimming with truthiness. Colbert originally defined the term as “truth that comes from the gut, not books.” Frankly, I’m surprised that I haven’t heard [...]
