There the Bush Administration has offered only a merry-go-round policy. They got up on their high horse, whooped and hollered, rode around in circles and ended right back where they'd started.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Kerry criticizes the Bush Administration for making loud promises but achieving no real progress.
- In plain terms
- They talk a lot but go in circles and end up nowhere.
- What can you take from it?
- Empty rhetoric without results is a failure.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Did the administration truly accomplish nothing?
- Is criticism always fair?
Another view
The metaphor may oversimplify complex policy trade-offs.
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