Doublespeak

"The Patriot Act was designed to protect American liberties and lives." - George W. Bush

It's been a while since I read 1984, but I believe the thing about doublespeak was that you were supposed to use the opposite of something to describe it in positive terms. So something that was bad became plus, and really bad would become really plus, or something along those lines (anyone care to refresh my memory?).

This is exactly the way in which Bush speaks about the Patriot Act. The Act does not protect American liberties; it chops them down at the knees. I think the tone of Bush's discourse should tip everyone off to his method of operation.