I swear, the scales are falling from their eyes! Even in a week when the MSM is pounding on the incompetence of Bush and his henchpersons,
this AP story
deserves more attention than it’s getting. Ron Fournier lists the things Bush and Cheney have said that, um, turned out to be–well, not exactly true.
The Iraqi insurgency is in its last throes. The economy is booming. Anybody who leaks a CIA agent’s identity will be fired. Add another piece of White House rhetoric that doesn’t match the public’s view of reality: Help is on the way, Gulf Coast.
As New Orleans descended into anarchy, top Bush administration officials congratulated each other for jobs well done and spoke of water, food and troops pouring into the ravaged city. Television pictures told a different story
And according to Fournier, this serial not-exactly-truth-telling is beginning to have consequences. Do read it yourself. And while you’re at it, rate it up.