The problem I have is not even with the Bush Administration in this case. I expect politicians to lie, cheat and steal. It seems to be part of the job description. And they lie and cheat more the longer they have been in office. Fortunately, they don't seem to get any better at it over time. They seem to get worse at it, as their contempt for the truth and the electorate overtake their ability to mask it.
What burns my butt is all the holier-than-thou people who decried President Clinton and his administration for the "lies", and now are giving the Bush Administration a pass for EXACTLY the same behavior. Where is their outrage? Their cries of "Impeach"? I guess the parsing of words to mislead the American people is only wrong when a Democrat does it? What is still worse to me is that the Bush Administration set themselves up as MORE truthful, and above such parsing of meaning and manipulation of the truth. This was their platform. Restoring honor and trust to the Presidency and the Government. Where is that commitment at the moment? If they were truly above board and stand-up guys, they would have gotten out front of this at the beginning, and said "Yeah, we did it. And we still think it was the right thing", or "Yeah, we did it. We shouldn't have, and the persons who did it have been disciplined. No pudding for them for a whole month!" But not only hasn't this happened, but it looks like they (the administration) even went so far as to lie to a grand jury about it. On 4/8/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm still not exactly sure what lies they've told. I've seen instances > of them not offering up info, but I'm not sure where they actually lied. > > The news reports don't seem to show anything that makes it clear anybody > lied, just that they didn't offer up information. > > So far what we know is that Bush declassified some information that the > Administration felt was crucial in getting the public and the world to > get on board with Iraq. Now was the information credible, I don't know. > Last I heard the Brits still stand by it, and some people think that > while some of it was based on what turned out to be forged, other stuff > still showed that he was interested; but unable to actually acquire it > because of the sanctions. > > Now correct me if I'm wrong, but the President declassifying the > information would ensure that Scooter and anybody else would be allowed > to talk about it to the press. > > Now what I don't get was the plan here. If they wanted it out there, why > not stand up and say it. Get on TV and show the people the info. Release > the documents to everybody at the same time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:203427 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
