Aristotle and an aardvark go to Washington understanding political doublespeak through philosophy and jokes

Cathcart, Thomas 1940- (Author). Klein, Daniel M. (Added Author). Heller, Johnny. (Narrator).

Summary: What did Donald Rumsfeld mean when he said, "The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence"? And what's the essence behind Bill Clinton's gem, "It depends on what the meaning of the word is is"? Whether they are misleading with doublespeak, having fun with ambiguity, drawing weak analogies, or getting inappropriately personal, politicians, frequently make our heads spin. Cathcart and Klein sift through the claptrap and make sense of it all.

Record details

ISBN: 9781449869014
Physical Description: electronic resource
access
remote
1 sound file (3 hr., 30 min.) : digital.
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books ; [Prince Frederick, Md.] : [Distributed by] OneClick Digital, 2011, p2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Downloadable audio file. Title from title screen (viewed March 3, 2011).
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrated by Johnny Heller.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Downloadable applications available for access via iOS 4.0+ devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) and Android 2.1+ devices.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web. Requires OneClick Digital Media Manager. System requirements: 200 MB of free disk space, 512 MB of RAM, Windows Installer 3.1, Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (x86 and x64), Windows Media Player 10 QA.