Here’s just a short list of out-and-out lies from our current Republican administration and their Republican conservative supporters.
Mind you, the items on this list aren’t just lies, they’re PROVEN, undeniable, “can’t pull the wool over our eyes anymore” lies. The only unproven lies on the list are the first few waffler/flip-flopper whoppers who’s guilt is established by their consistency (EVERY Democratic presidential candidate in the last 30+ years).
Why publish this list? It’s not to show that this conservative, Republican administration is “bad” because they lie.
THAT they lie is not the problem.
WHY they lie is what’s got me worried. I mean, ask yourself – what made them decide that we needed to be lied too? Then, once lying got latched onto as the “best course of action”, why tell us THESE specific lies?
Well, fortunately, the answer is obvious. All ya gotta do is check out the lies… closely, compare ’em with the truth, ask yourself why the lie is more important than the truth, and – BAM!! – mystery solved!
So, here they are, laid bare in deceit and dishonesty…
- Jimmy Carter is a waffler.
- Walter Mondale is a flip-flopper.
- Michael Dukakis is a waffler.
- Bill Clinton is a flip-flopper.
- Al Gore is a waffler.
- John Kerry is a flip-flopper.
- This administration will hold itself accountable.
- George W. Bush will restore honor and integrity to the White House.
- As president, George W. Bush will make health insurance affordable for low-income families.
- A George W. Bush administration will NOT engage in nation building.
- There is no global warming.
- There is global warming, but humans aren’t causing it. Heck, it may actually be good for us.
- Unemployment numbers have never been so low.
- Outsourcing will create more jobs.
- The budget deficit will be cut in half in four years.
- The economy is doing great.
- No one could have anticipated airplanes flying into buildings.
- We have removed the Taliban from Afghanistan.
- Pat Tillman was killed by enemy fire.
- Giving up some freedoms is necessary to defend freedom.
- Anyone who leaks information will no longer be a part of this administration.
- There can be no doubt that Saddam has reconstituted his WMD program.
- “you can’t distinguish between al Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror… they’re both equally as bad, and equally as evil, and equally as destructive.” George W. Bush
- Dissent is unpatriotic.
- The Iraqis will welcome us with open arms and flowers.
- It (the Iraq war) could take six days, six weeks – I doubt six months.
- Iraqi oil will pay for the war and the reconstruction.
- US liability for the war shouldn’t be more than a billion dollars.
- There is a large international coalition participating in “Operation Iraqi Freedom.”
- We know where the WMD are. They’re in the area around Baghdad and Tikrit and north, south, west and east somewhat.
- “When I take action, I’m not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It’s going to be decisive.” George W. Bush
- Mission accomplished.
- “The insurgency is in its last throes.” Dick Cheney
- “Bring It On.” George W. Bush
- No one could have anticipated the Iraqi insurgency.
- A spike in violence in Iraq is a sign of American success as insurgents resist positive changes.
- There is no need for a bill banning the use of torture.
- We do not torture.
- The Guantanamo detainees are the “worst-of-the-worst”.
- Progress as a result of the “historic” pass of sovereignty, formation of government, election in Iraq will be seen in the next 6 to 8 months.
- Man existed alongside the dinosaurs.
- George W. Bush is a war hero. John Kerry isn’t.
- No one could have anticipated the breech of the levies.
- “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.” George W. Bush
- Harriet Miers is the best candidate to fill the Supreme Court vacancy.
- Nobody at the White House knows Jack Abramoff.
- Whenever we say “wiretap,” that means we’re going to get a court order.
- Drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge will lower the price of oil.
- High gas prices are the result of increased global demand.
- John McCain is a straight shooter.
- “I told Congress, ‘Thanks, but no thanks’ to the ‘Bridge to Nowhere'”. Sarah Palin