Control of the agenda

Back on March 29th my post was titled, Alternative Reality. There is another aspect of this phenomenon. Its the false framework of our debate about the firing of US Attorneys. Here's what I mean:

In the current controversy about Alberto Gonzales' performance; the focus is on the reason for firing those US Attorneys. That framework excludes examination of the performance of those considered sufficiently "loyal" to stay in their jobs. I worry about how much the US Justice Dept. has been used for partisan political purposes. If some were fired for not doing the political will of Mr. Rove then we may assume that those who kept their jobs must have been doing the political will of Mr. Rove. It is now clear that at least some, if not all, were fired because they were not using the law for political purposes. Were those not fired operating as an arm of the Republican Party? That is the larger story and the Bush people consistently point away from it and the media follows along.

The Bush people are expert at narrowing the focus and aiming it away from themselves. Another technique is to present, and insist on, a set of false choices. An example is Mr. Bush's oft repeated claim that we have to attack them in Iraq so they won't attack us in America. Of course those are not the only two choices. Another false choice is to make the perfect the enemy of the good - so that good isn't sufficient or acceptable because it isn't perfect.

Can you think of an example of this?