Friday, September 03, 2004
Lies Trump Facts
Why bother digging up facts when lies and innuendo are so much more easily available? No wonder Taraq Ramadan's visa to teach at the University of Notre Dame was revoked at the last possible second.
Besides, if the Bush campaign relies upon slander rather than truth, it is at least consistent for the Bush Administration to use this system in making visa decisions.
Giuliani: "I quote John Kerry: 'I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.' "
The context: The administration's request for the funding was controversial, even among Republicans, and various attempts were made to split off $67 billion for the troops from the $20 billion for reconstruction, or to turn the $20 billion grant into a loan, or to fund some of the spending by raising taxes on incomes greater than $312,000. different version of the bill, just as Bush had vowed to veto a version that originally passed in the Senate that would have converted half of the Iraq rebuilding plan into a loan.
Thanks for the WaPo info Atrios.
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From his NY Times Op-ed piece:
My detractors have tried to demonstrate that I have links with extremists, that I am an anti-Semite and that I despise women. Repeatedly I have denied these assertions, and asked my critics to show evidence from my writings and public comments. Their failure to do so has had little effect: I am repeatedly confronted with magazine articles and Web postings repeating these accusations as facts and fabricating new ones.
(emphasis added)
Besides, if the Bush campaign relies upon slander rather than truth, it is at least consistent for the Bush Administration to use this system in making visa decisions.
The Washington Postfact-checks ex-Mayor Giulani
Giuliani: "I quote John Kerry: 'I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.' "
The context: The administration's request for the funding was controversial, even among Republicans, and various attempts were made to split off $67 billion for the troops from the $20 billion for reconstruction, or to turn the $20 billion grant into a loan, or to fund some of the spending by raising taxes on incomes greater than $312,000. different version of the bill, just as Bush had vowed to veto a version that originally passed in the Senate that would have converted half of the Iraq rebuilding plan into a loan.
Thanks for the WaPo info Atrios.
