NYT OpEd: Lost in Credibility Gulch

[huckleberry]

This is great!

By BOB HERBERT

Published: February 9, 2004


The question: What can we believe?

The president is genial enough, but it might be time for a bipartisan truth squad to follow him around, sorting out the facts from his musings, speculations, fantasies and mis-rememberings.

Iraq has shown us the trouble that can lurk in the gaps between reality and whatever it is that George W. Bush believes or says. Tim Russert, during his hourlong interview with Mr. Bush on NBC's "Meet the Press," displayed a quote from the president's address to the nation last March 17:

"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."

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It's time to put an end to the fantasies and the deceit, which have landed us in a quagmire overseas and the equivalent of fiscal quicksand at home.

It's not too much to ask that the president of the United States speak the clear truth about his policies and their implications. Mr. Bush would do himself and his country a favor by establishing a closer relationship with reality and a more intense commitment to the truth.

Those Americans who have put their trust in the president deserve nothing less.

more at
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/09/opinion/09HERB.html

[grytpype]

1. The attacks are mounting.

How long can Bush hold on?

[nankerphelge]

2. He should be impeached before the 2004 election

n/t

[JohnyCanuck]

3. Yeah right.

Mr. Bush would do himself and his country a favor by establishing a closer relationship with reality and a more intense commitment to the truth.

Those Americans who have put their trust in the president deserve nothing less.


Those Americans who put their trust in a coke addled, neocon sock puppet deserve exactly what they're getting. Unfortunately those Americans with a bit more discernment along with the rest of the world don't.

[indepat]

4. Were the President to put aside fantasies and deceit and speak the truth,

only the hard core and the most ignorant/indifferent would continue to support him, i.e., his approval ratings would drop to below 30%.

[teryang]

5. Crooks aren't supposed to have credibility

Anyone who believes that you deserve something from a crook besides victimization is the type of mindless zombie this fascist regime preys on.