September 9, 2004
The Dishonesty Thing
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Snapdragons!
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It's the
dishonesty, stupid. The real issue
in the National Guard story isn't what
George W.
Bush did three decades ago. It's the
pattern of lies: his assertions that he fulfilled his
obligations when he obviously didn't, the White House's
repeated claims that it had released all of the relevant documents
when it hadn't.
It's the same pattern of dishonesty, this time
involving personal matters that the public can easily understand, that some
of us have long seen on policy issues, from global warming to the war in
Iraq. On budget matters, which is where I
came in, serious analysts now take administration dishonesty for granted.
Paul Krugman, writer for The New York Times,
from an Op-Ed piece titled "The
Dishonesty Thing"
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How many thousands more will have to die before we acknowledge that
President Bush's obsession with Iraq and Saddam Hussein has been a
catastrophe for the United States?
Bob Herbert, writer for The New York Times,
from an Op-Ed piece titled "How
Many Deaths Will It Take?"
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After Cheney's GOP convention speech last
week, Dowd told CNN host Aaron Brown: "Everything they say is the opposite
of the truth."
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The Bush administration has misled people so much that 80 percent of Fox
viewers believe there is a link between Iraq and al Qaeda.
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"If Bush wins, that's the beginning of Hillary's campaign," Dowd, 52, said
by phone.
Heidi Benson, writer for the San Francisco Chronicle
Behind the sweet smile is a steely-eyed writer.
Maureen Dowd's an 'equal-opportunity skeptic'


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