Bush and his Adminstration are terrible...but maybe it'll be ok
The Economist famously backed Bush in the 2000 Presidential election, and is clearly getting rather embarassed by it now. This article neatly lists many of the failings of this Administration and its disastrous policies. Unti the end, when it strangely comes out with this paragaraph of much idiocy:"But there is another set of explanations, less damning of the administration. Most of the “lies”—almost all of which are actually mistakes or misrepresentations, not deliberate falsehoods—are products of the endless spin and interpretation of America's “permanent campaign”. Message control and winning each 24-hour news cycle have usurped the place of substantive debate. The Clinton administration was accused of similar lies and half-truths. It is as much the product of a political culture as of any one president, and Mr Bush's ambition to buck the trend has failed"
Before adding that it's not a culture of secrecty and dishonesty but merely an attempt to retain Executive control, and finally concluding that its what voters want and everything will be ok.
posted by Matthew @ 4/02/2004 01:21:00 PM
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