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This phenomenon is the same one that led so many Americans to believe that Saddam had something to do with Sept. 11, months, years, after it had been thoroughly debunked. At least as important as the rote repetition of such falsehoods is the unanimous, tacit agreement to never, ever correct the record, thereby maintaining the "authority" of delusional blatherers like Kristol, and on and on. That's why the mantra of "going forward" is endlessly repeated; even a glancing look at the past would leave too many reputations in tatters. Thus, Condi Rice can say, "No one could have predicted (insert entirely predictable, warned against, scenario here)"
This bunch repeats the same lies, verbatim, as if following the beads on a BS rosary, seemingly solely to allow themselves to put on pancake and lie to the cameras another day.
There is no past, no future, just an imagined present to be spun before the camera's red light.
