Bush's mixed message on his use of drugs
- vs. his 'get tough' drug policy.

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http://news-observer.com/powell/1999/08/19/powelled.gif
8.19.99 [suggest by list member Kankel]

Here we see Bush embodying the spirit of the creator of scapegoats--using a popular crazy-making technique called the "mixed message." An often used example of this technique is the phrase, "Don't do as I do--do as I say!" This phrase comes to mind in viewing this cartoon. The confusion and anxiety created by such messages WILL cause children to act out (thus creating allegedly "Bad Babies"). This then allows parents to project their unprocessed psychic debris into their children so they can "justify" punishing them. Again, Bush Junior is seen as a representative of the older psychoclass.
Showing him as the cowboy also again ties him to Reagan.

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