Ilimitada disposição para acreditar III

Rich Lowry analisa um comportamento obaminável que está, à custa de repetição e da complacência míope dos media, a tornar-se uma das formas padrão de Obama desgovernar.

«Barack Obama has perfected a three-step maneuver that could never even be attempted by a politician lacking his rhetorical skill or cool cynicism.

First: Denounce your presidential predecessor for a given policy, energizing your party’s base and capitalizing on his abiding unpopularity. Second: Pretend to have reversed that policy upon taking office with a symbolic act or high-profile statement. Third: Adopt a version of that same policy, knowing that it’s the only way to govern responsibly or believing that doing otherwise is too difficult. Repeat as necessary. (...)»

Uma técnica que se poderia traduzir, com alguma liberdade, para português através de expressão "Canção do bandido, a três tempos"