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Bumiller (NYT), November 22 2005

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Bumiller, Elisabeth. "Cheney Sees 'Shameless' Revisionism on War." New York Times (www.nytimes.com. November 22 2005): http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/22/politics/22cheney.html.

Message Unit 1 - an example of patriotized morality

core position: pro-US				unpatriotized position: Ordinarily, participation in the sort of thing the US did to the Vietnamese does not increase one's credibility.
message (of patriotized morality): Having fought for the US in Vietnam gives one increased credibility.		patriotic change (of morality)
technique
text: Mr. Cheney briefly said he considered debate over the war healthy, and he echoed President Bush's recent praise of Representative John P. Murtha, the Pennsylvania Democrat who has called for an early withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, as "a good man, a marine, a patriot."Mr. McCain, the Arizona Republican and former North Vietnamese prisoner of war,...

Message Unit 2 - an example of patriotized morality

core position: pro-US				unpatriotized position: Ordinarily, participation in the sort of thing the US did to the Vietnamese does not increase one's credibility.
message (of patriotized morality): Having fought for the US in Vietnam gives one increased credibility.		patriotic change (of morality)
technique
text: The vice president made clear that he was distinguishing between his personal regard for Mr. Murtha, a Vietnam veteran, and what he considered the consequences of Mr. Murtha's proposed policies.

Message Unit 3 - an example of patriotized morality

core position: pro-US				unpatriotized position: Ordinarily, if we criticize an attack for being illegitimate, we don't also criticize it for not winning.
message (of patriotized morality): The attack on Iraq is bad because it was illegitimate and because it isn't winning.		patriotic change (of morality)
technique
text: [Reid:] "Rather than giving our troops a plan to move forward in Iraq" [Kennedy:]"a war America never should have fought"

Message Unit 4 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: International law does not give the US the right to decide who has weapons and attack those who do.
message (of patriotized history): The issue of whether the war was justified hinges on what the US government knew about Iraq's weapons.		patriotic change (of history)
technique
text: "manipulated the intelligence to justify ... say with a straight face that Congress had the same intelligence"

Message Unit 5 - an example of patriotized morality

core position: pro-US				unpatriotized position: Ordinarily, participation in the sort of thing the US did to the Vietnamese does not increase one's credibility.
message (of patriotized morality): Having fought for the US in Vietnam gives one increased credibility.		patriotic change (of morality)
technique
text: But the White House has also tempered its initial response to Mr. Murtha, a combat veteran who voted for the Iraq war. Administration officials now say the language was too strong, and on Sunday Mr. Bush referred to Mr. Murtha, one of the House's most respected experts on military matters, as "a fine man, a good man" whose decision to call for a withdrawal of troops was done in a "careful and thoughtful way."

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