Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Mission Accomplished



Has Bush ruined the phrase "mission accomplished"? I heard it used the other day in a radio commercial -- some guy referring to his do-it-yourself carpentry project or something like that -- and my first thought was, "are they intentionally referencing Bush? Was this written by liberals? Is 'mission accomplished' now used only sarcastically?"

Your thoughts? Have we lost the ability to use this phrase now?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

On the Mark says: I'm betting the carpenter is not even aware of Bush's "mission impossible" claim and theatrical event.

Anonymous said...

I think we've lost the unironic use of this phrase for a few years. "Mission accomplished," no matter how sincerely one says it, now implies that not only is the mission NOT accomplished, it is about to go completely to hell.