Whomever wins the Presidency this fall, I hope that the change we've all been clamoring for includes a change in standard operating procedure, as we have seen it in the last seven years. George W. Bush and his administration say whatever the hell they want to in order to get their way. If there are too many holes in their story, and the press or Congress is feeling unusually courageous, the White House backs down. But then issues a dire warning anyway.
But they never admit that they made up a story (lied), they either come up with a convoluted face-saving story (another lie), or they deny they ever told the first lie. Dick Cheney has done this, even when there was audio and video evidence to the contrary. Usually, this is followed by an admonition to the opposition that they've endangered national security.
Even the story I'm linking to won't call a spade a spade. The administration didn't "backtrack," they told another lie to cover their original lie. Simple as that. And quite tiresome by now.
[Excerpt]
White House backtracks on claims of lost intelligence
A day after warning that potentially critical terrorism intelligence was being lost because Congress had not finished work on a controversial espionage law, the U.S. attorney general and the national intelligence director said Saturday that the government was receiving the information -- at least temporarily. . .
Read more at: Los Angeles Times
But they never admit that they made up a story (lied), they either come up with a convoluted face-saving story (another lie), or they deny they ever told the first lie. Dick Cheney has done this, even when there was audio and video evidence to the contrary. Usually, this is followed by an admonition to the opposition that they've endangered national security.
Even the story I'm linking to won't call a spade a spade. The administration didn't "backtrack," they told another lie to cover their original lie. Simple as that. And quite tiresome by now.
[Excerpt]
White House backtracks on claims of lost intelligence
A day after warning that potentially critical terrorism intelligence was being lost because Congress had not finished work on a controversial espionage law, the U.S. attorney general and the national intelligence director said Saturday that the government was receiving the information -- at least temporarily. . .
Read more at: Los Angeles Times
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