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hypedave · #1 (**permalink**) 03-30-2004, 01:07 PM

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BUSH ADMINISTRATION CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH
We've all heard the cracks about the so-called Bush Dynasty, but it genuinely appears that the current president is really taking them to heart. Bush and his associates are behaving like irrational medieval tyrants. Keep the truth silent or it's off with your head.

Richard Clarke, former anti-terror chief who worked in every administration since Reagan, charged that that the administration virtually ignored al Qaeda before 9/11, and used the terrorist attacks to immediately begin planning the Iraq invasion. It seems preparedness requires more than draping the president in the flag and settling old scores in Iraq. Vice President Cheney quickly charged that Clarke "wasn't in the loop." Condoleezza Rice apparently couldn't decide whether Clarke was in the loop or not, so she claimed that Clarke never attempted to raise his concerns with the president and that the Bush administration adopted Clarke's ideas. The White House has been unable to refute Clarke’s charges on a substantive level, so they've resorted to a favorite tactic: shameless character assassination.

Meanwhile, Richard Foster, current Medicare actuary, discovered that the price tag for Bush's Medicare revisions would be between $500-$600 billion – much higher than the $400 billion estimate the White House used when selling the idea to Congress. However, Foster's numbers were never revealed to Congress before the vote because Medicare administrator Thomas Scully threatened to fire him if he released his data.

Of course, we've seen this pattern before. When former Ambassador Joseph Wilson spoke out against the yellowcake claim, the Bush administration revealed the identity of his wife as an undercover CIA operative. When Anthony Zinni and Lawrence Lindsey (correctly) predicted the Iraq War would cost more than the administration wanted to admit, they were fired.

President Bush has all the riches of a medieval ruler as well, with fully stocked campaign coffers on hand to help spread his version of the "truth."

What are your opinions of this.