The Iraqi insurgency is in its last throes. The economy is booming. Anybody who leaks a CIA agent's identity will be fired. Add another piece of White House rhetoric that doesn't match the public's view of reality: Help is on the way, Gulf Coast.As New Orleans descended into anarchy, President George W. Bush and his emergency-response team congratulated each other Friday for jobs well done and spoke of water, food and troops pouring into the ravaged city. Television pictures told a different story.
"What it reminded me of the other day is 'Baghdad Bob' saying there are no Americans at the airport," said Rich Galen, a Republican consultant in Washington.
He was referring to Saddam Hussain's reality-challenged minister of information who denied the existence of US troops in the Iraqi capital.
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Some more "no shit" news
Bush rhetoric bends the truth, from Gulfnews:
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