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Jim Villanucci, whose claim to fame is he is a talk-radio host, has a love letter to the Bush

Administration in today’s Albuquerque Journal.

After spending a day in a situation that cult deprogrammers call “love bombing,”

Villanucci wants us all to know that BushCo is full of smart people. This is important because smart people can relate to everyone, smart

people are never arrogant or distant, smart people never lie and, above all else, smart people are never wrong (so never admiting a

mistake is appropriate behavior for smart people). Not that Villanucci said it that way, he just said they’re really, really smart and

lets you fill in the blanks. Just as he is sure you’ll see the connection to cops killed in Albuquerque — keeping us safe is all one

big job, from street corner to Iraq.

Among our shepherds is the young Bryan White, one of Bush’s “good people doing hard work.”

He got up at 5:45am! Now it’s 7:40pm! and, gasp, “he’s still working, talking to New Mexico, getting out the message.”

Indeed, that’s what it’s all about: getting out the message. The smart guys of BushCo are all spin doctors. The most

important thing Villanucci says here is: “This administration is the first to effectively utilize talk radio.

From administration officials’ standpoint and the standpoint of many Americans, all of the news coming out of Iraq is bad news, and

the only fair shake the administration gets is on talk radio. And they want to get out their side of the story.” On

every matter, including science, BushCo has “their side of the story.” And, more frightening, they know how to get their version of the

truth directly to willing listeners. Notice Villanucci is proud of his part in the process.

It is completely appropriate to ask if

Villanucci actually wrote this piece — many “articles” and videos praising BushCo are actually produced by the marketing department. It

is also appropriate to ask if Villanucci was paid for this or his cozy broadcast among the stars from the Pentagon courtyard (where,

you’ll be glad to know, “you feel really safe. You realize our defense budget is money well spent.” You are getting sleepy, your leaders

are great, no graft or even waste here.).

Of course, every regime depends upon a large number of unpaid lackeys, willing dupes,

and fools. Perhaps Villanucci is simply one of those. mjh

ABQjournal: Listen Up: Some of the Nation’s Best Are

Talking By Jim Villanucci, KKOB-AM talk show host

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It’s Hard Work!

Vacationing Bush Poised to Set a Record
With Long Sojourn at Ranch, President on His Way to Surpassing Reagan’s Total
By Jim VandeHei and Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, August 3, 2005; Page A04

WACO, Tex., Aug. 2 — President Bush is getting the kind of break most Americans can only dream of — nearly five weeks away from the office, loaded with vacation time.

The president departed Tuesday for his longest stretch yet away from the White House, arriving at his Crawford ranch in the evening to clear brush, visit with family and friends, and tend to some outside-the-Beltway politics. By historical standards, it is the longest presidential retreat in at least 36 years.

The August getaway is Bush’s 49th trip to his cherished ranch since taking office and Tuesday was the 319th day that Bush has spent, entirely or partially, in Crawford — roughly 20 percent of his presidency to date, according to Mark Knoller, a CBS Radio reporter known for keeping better records of the president’s travel than the White House itself. Weekends and holidays at Camp David or at his parents’ compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, bump up the proportion of Bush’s time away from Washington even further. …

Presidents have often sought refuge from the pressures of Washington and from life in the White House, which Harry S. Truman called the crown jewel of the American prison system. Richard M. Nixon favored Key Biscayne, Fla. Bush’s father preferred Maine. Bill Clinton, lacking a home of his own, borrowed a house on Martha’s Vineyard, except for two years when political adviser Dick Morris nudged him into going to Jackson, Wyo., before his reelection because it polled better.

Until now, probably no modern president was a more famous vacationer than Ronald Reagan, who loved spending time at his ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif. According to an Associated Press count, Reagan spent all or part of 335 days in Santa Barbara over his eight-year presidency — a total that Bush will surpass this month in Crawford with 3 1/2 years left in his second term.

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