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Thread #70960   Message #1212395
Posted By: Nerd
22-Jun-04 - 04:53 PM
Thread Name: BS: Administration's Lies
Subject: RE: BS: Administration's Lies
Gee, DougR, your comment doesn't strike me as relevant. Maybe you didn't read my post.   Once again, The Daily Show juxtaposed statements by Cheney about what the administration has said in the past, with footage showing those statements to be lies. The 9/11 Report was merely the topic of one of his lies; whether that report is factual or erroneous is irrelevant to the question of Cheney's honesty.

Once again, Cheney said: "I never said that it was fairly certain that Atta met with an Iraqi official in Prague." Then they showed footage of Cheney saying exactly that. He also said that no one in the administration had ever said that Iraq and Al Qaeda were allies. Then they showed footage of the Aircraft Carrier speech, in which Bush said exactly that. In other words, Cheney was baldly, blatantly, openly, unashamedly lying, and whatever your take on the 9/11 report is, it can't change that.

In fact, if Cheney's most recent statements were made in response to a premature 9/11 report, he is the one who should have kept his mouth shut. Nobody forced him to lie to CNBC! But the fact that he of all people is out there spinning damage control suggests to me that the final report will be even more damaging to the administration.