Brent Budowsky: The Republicans’ Pinocchio Problem

http://pundits.thehill.com/2007/04/05/the-republicans-pinocchio-problem/

The Republicans’ Pinocchio Problem (Brent Budowsky)


Now Mitt Romney lies about hunting.

The former Massachusetts governor said he had been a hunter for just about all his life. Almost immediately his staff reminded him he had only been hunting twice. Presumably Mr. Romney forgot about all the times he never hunted.

Meanwhile, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is now engaged in intensive preparation for his congressional testimony. Will he accuse his former chief of staff of lying? Or will he admit that he lied himself when he said he was not involved in the U.S. attorney firings?

Of course, Scooter Libby was convicted of lying, to the applause of the neoconservative community, which calls for pardon because, for them, putting one’s hand on the Bible with an oath to God Almighty and lying is really OK, thank you.

After many tall tales about Iraq WMDs, a little perjury between friends is no big deal.

Not to be outdone, the president said he had ordered the surge because the commanders asked him to, when in truth, the Joint Chiefs and Iraq commanders pleaded with him not to order the surge. Of course, after overruling, disrespecting, and mispresenting their views, the president found a new commander, and now retroactively rewrites the truth about how the commanders at the time asked him for the surge.

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