Monday, April 10, 2006

Bush: Bring the Truth, One False Statement at a Time

Bush has been very careful not to appear to lie. Usually, he gives technically true statements that often give a false impression. Now that the truth is catching up to him, he has to weave more pratical, but not technical, lies more and more.
Today, he admited that he "declassified" the intelligence, essentially revealing the identity of Valery Plame (story: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1828371). Plamegate, as it is known, is growing because "Scooter" Libby has said that he got orders from Cheney, who in turn got them from Bush, to reveal Plame's identity in an attempt to counter Joseph Wilson's testimony over the Niger accusation.
This is becoming big for one simple reason: Bush, in the 2000 election, claimed that he would bring "honor" back to the White House. The claim was that he would be honest, not parse words, and never lie to the American people. It is showing that more and more this isn't the case, but actually worse then what Clinton ever did, even to Republicans.
The claim that "he was bringing the truth" to the forefront is an utter sham. This is because everyone already knows that the Niger claim was completely false. I won't go as far as to say this was an attempt to get restitution against Wilson, but I do believe it was an attempt to discredit him in the eyes of the public.
Republicans are calling for Bush to come out with the whole story, but Bush still isn't doing that. If there's one person who can do that, actual truth and all, it will be prosecutor Patrick Fitgerold.

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