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Article: Rearranging the deck chairs.(Cliche Corner)(Brief article)
- Article from:
- American Journalism Review
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
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When President Bush shook up his staff this spring, journalists and Democratic politicos reached a consensus: He was simply "rearranging the deck chairs."
But surely until the president himself engages the substantive problems
that underlie his own unpopularity (anyone holding their breath?),
shuffling some personnel around merely amounts to rearranging the deck
chairs on the Titanic.
(The American Prospect)
Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic won't keep the ship of state
from sinking.
(Chicago Sun-Times)
Democrats were quick to employ the cliche about rearranging the deck
chairs on the Titanic, while Republican officeholders, particularly
those ...