Let's play a new game.
May. 17th, 2004 12:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jazzfishIt's really simple. Here's the Republican presidential platform from 2000:
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/conventions/republican/features/platform.00/#1
The object of this game is to find the statement that's been most contradicted by the actions of the current administration. MattS over at Daily Kos has some good contenders, of which my favorite is "The arrogance, inconsistency, and unreliability of the [Clinton] administration's diplomacy have undermined American alliances, alienated friends, and emboldened our adversaries."
The best I've found, though, is this little gem:
"We have four priorities for the Middle East. First, we seek to promote and maintain peace throughout the region. Second, we must ensure that Israel remains safe and secure. Third, we must protect our economic interests and ensure the reliable flow of oil from the Persian Gulf. And fourth, we must reduce the threat of weapons of mass destruction in the region. Because America cannot achieve these objectives by acting alone, U.S. policy must rest on leadership that can build strong coalitions of like-minded states and hold them together to achieve common aims."
[And yes, if you remind me in a few years I'll be more than happy to play this game with the Democratic platform from 2004.]
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/conventions/republican/features/platform.00/#1
The object of this game is to find the statement that's been most contradicted by the actions of the current administration. MattS over at Daily Kos has some good contenders, of which my favorite is "The arrogance, inconsistency, and unreliability of the [Clinton] administration's diplomacy have undermined American alliances, alienated friends, and emboldened our adversaries."
The best I've found, though, is this little gem:
"We have four priorities for the Middle East. First, we seek to promote and maintain peace throughout the region. Second, we must ensure that Israel remains safe and secure. Third, we must protect our economic interests and ensure the reliable flow of oil from the Persian Gulf. And fourth, we must reduce the threat of weapons of mass destruction in the region. Because America cannot achieve these objectives by acting alone, U.S. policy must rest on leadership that can build strong coalitions of like-minded states and hold them together to achieve common aims."
[And yes, if you remind me in a few years I'll be more than happy to play this game with the Democratic platform from 2004.]
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Date: 2004-05-17 12:56 pm (UTC)Except the whole international coalition thing. Not a whole lot of that going on. Also, statements like "We oppose the creation of any national ID card" have certainly been violated in spirit if not in deed.
"Nor should the intelligence community be made the scapegoat for political misjudgments." Whoops. Dropped the ball on that one.
"Reacting belatedly to inevitable crises, the [Clinton] administration constantly enlarges the reach of its rhetoric. . . ." Tagged along on that one as well, although to be fair it's not the 'global social worker' rhetoric but rather 'everyone is a terrorist.'
"The Social Security surplus is off-limits, off budget, and will not be touched." I can't decide whether to laugh or cry at this.
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Date: 2004-05-17 02:28 pm (UTC)I dunno, if by "international" they meant "us and one or more other nations", they're doing okay. ;-)