If we dig too deep here we may get into some kind of POW reversal thing that I don't want to touch, but seriously, is there a better summation of the McCain/Palin "This hard evidence proves X, Y, and Z; therefore, NOT X, Y, and Z is the truth!" stance?
The reference is to a relatively famous and powerful two-part episode of The Next Generation, where through a series of events Picard finds himself chained up and being interrogated by a Cardassian, Gul Madred. One of Madred's favorite tactics is to shine four lights on Picard, ask Picard how many lights there are, and torture him when he responds "four". "No, there are FIVE," Madred insists. He explains that he will stop hurting Picard if only Picard will admit that there are five lights. Although he is rescued before breaking in front of Madred, Picard later tells Troi on the ship that he actually began to believe that there were five lights at his weakest moment.
This time around, I think most Americans can plainly see those four lights, and we're going to hold on to that knowledge come November no matter how many times they tell us otherwise. Well, I dare to hope, anyway.
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