The Right Response to the Bush/Newsweek Story

[Jon8503]

The White House's response of "outrage" to the recent Newsweek story is truly a new milestone in hypocrisy for the Bush administration. Just look at their official response yesterday:

"It's puzzling that while Newsweek now acknowledges that they got the facts wrong, they refused to retract the story," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters. "I think there's a certain journalistic standard that should be met and in this instance it was not...The report has had serious consequences. People have lost their lives. The image of the United States abroad has been damaged." The irony of this White House "outrage" at inaccuracies in light of all the lies about Iraq the Bush administration has fed America is really incredible. Here's what the Democrats should say in response:

"It's puzzling that while the White House now acknowledged that they haven't found WMD or a link between Al Queda and Iraq, they have refused to retract their claims. I think there's a certain standard of governing that should be met and in this instance has not. The claims the administration used to send this nation to war has had serious consequences. People have lost their lives. The image of the United States abroad has been damaged."

http://www.davidsirota.com/2005/05/right-response-to-bushnewsweeek-story.html

Sources:
Official White House response: http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/16/news/islam.php

[ztn]

1. Right on! this whole thing is surreal!

[cestpaspossible]

2. It's good, but it fails to take note of the fact that in both instances

it was a member of the Bush administration who originated the false information.

[iamtechus]

3. This seems appropriate:

[Kazak]

4. Nice touch.

If the shoe fits, and it quacks like a duck...