Bush Admits He Lied To Americans About Iraq In Lead-Up To Midterm Elections

[kpete]

Bush Admits He Lied To Americans About Iraq In Lead-Up To Midterm Elections

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, President Bush acknowledged that as early as “September/October” 2006, he realized a major change was needed in Iraq:

WSJ: Was there a moment in the war when you said we have to make a major change in the way we’re doing things in Iraq?
GWB: Yes, there was.
WSJ: When was that?
GWB: September/October.

But even after Bush realized that a major change was needed — in the weeks just prior to the midterm elections — he continued to knowingly mislead the American public and claim U.S. was “winning” in Iraq and that the strategy was “working”:

QUESTION: Are we winning?

BUSH: Absolutely we’re winning. … We’re winning and we will win, unless we leave before the job is done. And the crucial battle, right now, is Iraq. 10/25/06

BUSH: But I believe that the military strategy we have is going to work. That’s what I believe. 10/25/06

QUESTION: But just to be clear: When the commanders on the ground tell the president, in the large picture, we are stepping closer to chaos, he believes that can also be a picture of winning?

SNOW: Yes. 11/1/06

BUSH: We’ve got a lot going for us. We got a strategy that helps us achieve victory, and we got a military that is the finest military any country has ever assembled. 11/3/06

more at:
http://thinkprogress.org/

[bdamomma]

1. oh this man has got to go, he is a sick SOB.

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. Most definitely recommended

Most people I know don't bother with the mainstream media any more. I dearly hope that the BBC and other foreign media outlets pick this up.

[AndyA]

3. So tell me again...

Why in the hell is this man still in office?!?!?!?!?!

Why, at the very least, are there not investigations taking place right now investigating Bush's actions? A President who cannot be trusted - a President who has proven beyond all doubt over and over that he is a liar - should not be in the White House.

Somebody in Congress want to explain to me why nothing more substantial is being done at this very moment to remove this treasonous liar from office?

[stubtoe]

7. Six years of inertia to overcome.

Democratic control of Congress is still very new. Not to mention six years of the bootlicking "media", which is still entrenched.

[AndyA]

8. Well let's get the show on the road!

Get the lead out, floor it, and put it on the front burner. The pot is about to boil over! :)

[rodeodance]

4. bush explained this as being part of the campaign and the msm dropped

it.

[JohnnyLib2]

5. Maybe he can go to rehab like Tara Conner

spend 30 days and repent and regain the crown.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. He's a compulsive liar

However, considering the outcome of the elections I have to assume more Americans have finally figured that out.

[happydreams]

9. K&R. This should be repeated often.

[dave123williams]

10. The amazing thing to me is how casually they lie about nearly everything.

[Imagevision]

11. And the reason the msm refuses to replay the video clip is...???? repug controlled?

[speedoo]

12. Well, after lying to START the war, might as well just keep on lying, right?

Sorry about the snarky comment. Couldn't help myself.

[Nikki Stone1]

13. I'm so shocked. ;/

:sarcasm:

[Poiuyt]

14. He also lied about keeping Rumsfeld

He said before the election that Rumsfeld would stay and then he fired him right after

[ToolTex]

16. But that was a double lie. He really had no intention to fire Rummy

until he saw the election results.

[porphyrian]

15. How many have to die for that lie before it is treason? - n/t

[focusfan]

17. if he admmited he lied then why don't congress

impeach him and send his ugly ass to jail along with Cheney???

[Tin Man]

18. K&R

[Blue Belle]

19. Thanks, kpete...

You've been posting some wonderful articles today. I appreciate you getting out such great information.

:)

[gratuitous]

20. And yet . . .

The popular media still report every utterance, every statement, every press release out of this crooked administration as if it has some credibility. No reporter ever follows up with "Thank you, Mr. President. Now, was that another lie or are you telling me the truth this time?" Every news account just runs the straight report of whatever lie the administration is spewing without a hint of skepticism, and certainly not with any additional facts that might clue the reader or the viewer in to the fact that what they just heard is a lie.

And yet, even without any added factitude, nearly 70% of the electorate has concluded, pretty much all on our own, that the Bush administration is not to be trusted about anything. Keep your wagon hitched to this star, media moguls. Your credibility is riding on the same rails straight to H-E-Double hockey sticks.