With Clinton running around promoting his autobiography, the ghosts of the Monica Lewinsky scandal are back in discussion. The best response I’ve seen to date is a bumper sticker that said: WHEN CLINTON LIED, NOBODY DIED
For the proof you need to argue with your Repugnican friends, see this House report by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA). Gee, why were the American people so willing to go along with a pre-emptive war against a sovereign nation that never threatened or attacked us? Why did 70% of the American people believe that Saddam had something to do with 9/11?
Could it be the 240+ misleading assertions issued by the Bush misAdministration since March, 2002? Waxman categorizes the lies as follows:
- Iraq was an urgent threat to the US (10+)
- Iraq was pursuing nuclear capabilities (80+)
- Iraq had WMD’s (80+)
- Iraq was supporting al Qaeda (60+)
In other political news, a GOP political operative testified that he helped coordinate something us geeks call a DoS (Denial of Service) against Democratic POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) used to help Democratic voters get to the polls. In plainspeak, that means the GOP repeatedly called volunteer hotlines manned by Democrats so that people calling in for a free ride to the polls would get a busy signal and couldn’t get through.
This kind of operation is not surprising when it’s brought to you by the same people who put out a web ad comparing Al Gore, Dick Gephardt, Howard Dean, and Michael Moore to Adolf Hitler. See it for yourself at George W. Bush’s Official Campaign Website.
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