not that I discount this totally, I do not at all, but I looked at that Daschle comment. Forgive me, but how many times have we heard this same quote:
"there is a higher threat than there has been at any time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks."
Seriously, I think they use this same phrase every time. I am not criticizing them, I believe they should give warnings, but they really should stop using this phrase.
Daschle replied, "The report is so sobering and so serious that I cannot bring myself to believe anyone in this administration would use this for political purposes."
I've almost become immune to hearing
"there is a higher threat than there has been at any time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks."
They ARE
in a terrrible double bind.
Any phrase they use will take on a similar aura.
If they don't warn and something happens, horror and hell to pay.
If they warn and nothing happens, apathy deepens.
Hard for them to win at all.
Do you have a solution for this catch-22?
What phrases would you use?