Lying with impunity ~ By Erik Rush

By Erik Rush Posted: June 11, 2009 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 The presidency of George W. Bush – his popularity, approval numbers and so forth – was razed to the ground on the basis of one invalid claim: "Bush lied" (regarding his accusation that Saddam Hussein's regime possessed weapons of mass destruction, this being the justification for invading Iraq). Let's assume, just for the sake of an amusing mental exercise, that President Bush's charge was indeed a lie. If this lie was Hurricane Katrina (actually an amusing if ironic analogy in itself), it pales beside the Great Flood of omissions, rationalizations and outright fabrications to which Americans are subjected on a regular basis by President Obama. But it just doesn't matter. One could enumerate the dozens of statements Obama woodenly delivered during the 2008 campaign that were assertions only a fool would believe, but could not be directly proven: His ignorance of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's racism, unawareness of William Ayers' terrorist past, and non-involvement with the nefarious Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). Yet, these are trifles compared to the counterfeit oratory he's pulled off with impunity since becoming president. [Continue reading]

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