September 9, 2004

The Dishonesty Thing

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Snapdragons from the Heartland

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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