Who else has done a "spectacular job" this year?

[Gentle Giant]

Over the last 48 hours, the White House has said that both Rumsfeld and the FDA have done a "spectacular job" this year.

Using that as a benchmark, who else performed to such a superlative level this year?

Justice Scalia and the Miami Dolphins come to mind.

[Gary Sisco]

Alfred E. Strasser's handlers.
Who else could with a straight face talk about a moron refusing to change any of his moronic decisions, all evidence of their moronity notwithstanding, as his "decisive character" -- *and* get millions of Americans to repeat it, also with a straight face.

Now, that, my friends, is genius.

[patricia]

Originally Posted by Gary Sisco

Alfred E. Strasser's handlers.
Who else could with a straight face talk about a moron refusing to change any of his moronic decisions, all evidence of their moronity notwithstanding, as his "decisive character" -- *and* get millions of Americans to repeat it, also with a straight face.

Now, that, my friends, is genius.

Some would say mass hypnosis. I tend to think on the simpler term "group think". That is to say that if enough people say something ridiculous enough times, there are always those who think that if that's what "everybody" thinks, it must be true. So, rather than going to all the back-breaking trouble of actually thinking for themselves, or attempting to find out what is really true, they just believe other people, whether it's the truth or not.
Politicians prey on this laziness of the electorate all the time, which is why we end up with the leaders we have, making the dumb decisions that they make, IMO.