| The Quotable Windbag
Throughout the world, politicians and public figures slip easily into Twaddle Mode, usually in defence of, or to promote, some wild policy or action. The danger is that, if unchallenged, they start to think they can get away with whatever they like—or, worse still, they start to believe their own stories. The sobering thing is that the nonsense is the official line.
| | Date | Title | | September 2005 | The Quotable Windbag Hurricane Katrina exposes the US president's cavalier approach to catastrophes. | | August 2005 | The Quotable Windbag George Bush at insensitive best, shoots off one inappropriate comment after the other. | | July 2005 | The Quotable Windbag The G8 meeting this year prompts humanitarian musings, and the London bombs galvanize Western moralists. | | June 2005 | The Quotable Windbag George W Bush makes a big speech to win back the confidence of Americans on Iraq, and—guess what—he can't stop bullshitting. | | March 2005 | The Quotable Windbag The UK government soothes people about its totalitarian tendencies, Condoleeza Rice eschews the presidency, and Bush blathers on about high intentions. | | Archive | The Quotable Windbag Quotes from previous months are in the archive, where they are organized by month. |
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