22 September 2008

"from a marketing point of view..." Andrew Card Sept 2002

``From a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new products in August.'' said WH Chief of Staff Andrew Card when asked by the NYTimes why the Bush Administration waited until September of 2002 to make it's case for invading Iraq. (CNN link)

in light of the past three weeks events, one cannot help but wonder if the same principle is once again being applied, only this time not to bully Congress into authorizing a WAR, but to two new products with potentially even worse consequences for the future of the United States. PALIN & BAILIN'