It’s one thing to say something that’s not true and hope you’ll get away with it. It’s another to get caught in a lie, but to go ahead and repeat it over and over again. Last week, Newsday discovered that the president had been citing a report that supported his tax cut plan, despite the […]
Last week, Carpetbagger marveled at the White House’s strong-arm, bullying tactics at the United Nations as the administration tried — in vain — to build support for its war in Iraq. At the time, I concluded that “diplomacy isn’t their strong point.” Today, I offer additional evidence to bolster the point. As everyone has reported, […]
Everyone’s heard the phrase about “lies, damn lies, and statistics,” but Isaac Shapiro, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, explains today how and why Bush’s tax plan falls comfortably into the “damn lies” category. In a must-read column in today’s LA Times, Shapiro explains that the Bush White House is […]