Fixed.

About the only problem with Paul Wells' description of the bucket defence is that he only applies it to the Cons' handling of Afghan detainees rather than to...well, pretty much everything. So let's make the appropriate amendment:

The goal of (Stephen Harper's communications strategy) is not to suggest a single, coherent, (analysis or position on any point). It is to throw up such a fog of confusion and contradiction that the entire (political) process is discredited or spectators are discouraged from continuing to pay attention.