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12-7-2007 2:22 PM295 views
Rasmus says:
When politicians are allowed to get away with making such bold misstatements, it can only serve to embolden others to do the same, since there would seem to be no downside to lying. [...]
Ask the Washington Post and New York Times why their reports on Clinton's misstatement did not more forcefully challenge his record on the Iraq War.
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12-7-2007 3:05 PM
ColoradoRight
The dead-stream media always allowed him to get away with lying before - he just assumes it will continue to give him cover. He's really shocked that anyone would call him on anything.
12-10-2007 12:58 PM
citizenbfk
Unfortunately, Rasmus, this current, most-corrupt warmonging White House has shown, so far, that there is little "downside" to lying. They will lie their way through to the end of the Bush Administration. Then their PR people and neo-con supports will lie till the day history ends.

For example, my own US Senator was on TV yesterday and he said: "The USA does not torture." This is one of the common lies and now in the news again because of the CIA destroying some video tapes of torture.

So...we have video tapes of torture and the White House supports say: "We don't torture."

Prior to all this Global War on Terror ero I didn't know lies could be so blantant. Now I know.

Bart Simpson could ...
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