Molly Ivins: Crooked Liars

[Dudley_DUright]

My, we are off to an elegant start here, aren't we?

First, we have John Kerry in a classic open-mike gaffe referring to his Republican opponents as "crooked" and "lying." While this was not a high point in the history of political rhetoric, Kerry's refusal to apologize for the overhead remark promptly solidified his base.

"Hey, he's got more guts than I thought," said many a pleased Democrat, convinced the Bushies are all liars and crooks. So he is now free to go forth and talk of health care.

Naturally, the Republicans postured in comically pretend outrage and demanded an apology. The indictment brought back happy memories of the Bush open-mike gaffe in 2000, in which he called a reporter "an asshole" and then refused to apologize. But we are now on Election Year Double Standard Time, a time zone in which your side lies constantly and my side is noble, true and brave -- except for those moments when the other side's despicable conduct forces our side to get tough, too.

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http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=16614

[papau]

1. Molly is always right on point! - Love her!!!!!

:-)

[juajen]

2. Gee, wouldn't it be great if Molly could be VP?

She is always brilliant and helpful. Even people who do not keep up with politics can understand her.

[kanrok]

3. The cite to a search engine of administration lies on Iraq is priceless!

Here it is: http://www.house.gov/reform/min

[Disturbed]

4. Go Molly, go.

She is a joy to read.

[Ookie]

5. Gaffe? What gaffe?

Everything Kerry said was true!!!! I'd like to see him call Bush on a lie every single day until the election! He certainly wouldn't run out of material. This administration is the most crooked in the history of this country. The fact that anyone is even thinking of voting for this jerk is amazing to me. Read a freakin book, America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chitown_Dem]

6. Great column

I especially liked this part:

"The problem is that George W. Bush has truly bad manners. At the recent Summit of the Americas summit in Mexico, he could not have possibly been more visibly bored. The bullying that led up to the Iraq War -- particularly ugly in the case of Turkey, which will come back to haunt us -- made him unpopular all over the world.

But there were the Bushies, haughtily demanding that Kerry back up his statement as though it were not painfully obvious to every dimwit in the nation. And that, in turn, led to the unfortunate demand from President Bush that Kerry ought to back up what he said with facts. Ooops."

[Raster]

7. my faves (emphasis mine)...

"Dick Cheney piped right up as though he had any credibility left, and Bush's press guy Scott McClellan capped it off by saying, "Either he is straightforward and states who they are, or the only conclusion one can draw is that he is making it up to attack the president."

"This, of course, brought up the entire litany of lies, deceptions and misleading by the administration, leading to many a happy reprise from the left. California Rep. Henry Waxman's office helpfully located 237 whoppers on Iraq alone from major Bush players: That's www.house.gov/reform/min, in case anyone needs a handy reference.

did cheney EVER have any credibility??? I think not.