So Much for Honest George
John Ehrlichman would have called the performance a modified, limited hangout.
But it didn't work for Ehrlichman, Nixon, and the other Watergate conspirators, and it won't work for President Bush.
Today the president confirmed that he declassified intelligence information to support his decision to invade Iraq:
I wanted people to see the truth and thought it made sense for people to see the truth...I thought it was important for people to get a better sense for why I was saying what I was saying in my speeches.
That's the hangout part. The modified, limited part is that he authorized a leak of selected bits of intelligence, ten days before the intelligence was officially declassified, according to Scooter Libby.
If true, Bush "cherry-picked" intelligence so he could have his war. In my opinion, that's not just deceitful. That's criminal.
Comments
He wanted people to get a 'better sense' of what he was saying in his speeches? I'm sorry, George, but there's no hope for that. NONE of your speeches make any sense.
Posted by: Neil Shakespeare | April 10, 2006 07:39 PM
Lucky for him his speeches don't make sense. If people knew what he was actually thinking, he never would have been elected.
Posted by: abi | April 10, 2006 10:25 PM