"the dishonesty thing" (paul krugman in nyt). THIS is what we should

[faithnotgreed]

keep talking about. sorry if this is a dupe but it certainly bears repeating

paul krugman, new york times, friday september 10


It's the dishonesty, stupid. The real issue in the National Guard story isn't what George W. Bush did three decades ago. It's the recent pattern of lies: his assertions that he fulfilled his obligations when he obviously didn't, the White House's repeated claims that it had released all of the relevant documents when it hadn't.

It's the same pattern of dishonesty, this time involving personal matters that the public can easily understand, that some of us have long seen on policy issues, from global warming to the war in Iraq. On budget matters, which is where I came in, serious analysts now take administration dishonesty for granted.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/10/opinion/10krugman.html?hp

[PurityOfEssence]

1. Yes; he's a liar.

Over and over and over again they say things that they know aren't true, and with slavish consistency, all of their policies benefit the very rich, the unrestrained greed of corporations and the exclusionary beliefs of fundamentalists. Their lies show an impunity deep within them that makes anything they say dismissable out of hand.