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September 10, 2006

'Democrats for truth' - Well, not really!

Topics: Political News and commentaries

Five years after Sept. 11, the Democrats have suddenly become obsessed with truth - at least their own version of it, and they want the rest of us to buy-in to it. I for one am not buying what they have to sell.

But Jules Crittenden has their number:

Former President Bill Clinton is incensed with the ABC docudrama "The Path to 9/11," set to run Sunday night, that depicts his administration as cavalier in its disregard for the threats al-Qaeda posed, and too distracted by the Monica Lewinski affair in any case to act decisively. Clinton is concerned a TV dramatization will become the accepted version of history. Democrats in Congress threatened to wage regulatory jihad on ABC, and ABC went back into rewrite.

Some observers are shocked by the hypocrisy and the chilling effect this kind of behavior can have on the free discussion of ideas in the United States. But I welcome this development.
For starters, I assume this means that legions of Bush-haters will be showing up at Michael Moore's house, demanding refund of the $8 each of them spent on his falsehood-studded distort-a-palooza, "Fahrenheit 911." At the time, outright lying and revisionism were being encouraged by the left, so it was reasonable for them to subsidize Moore's tour de force in the genre. But they are attempting to move beyond that, and we should encourage them.
More importantly than any hotdog-addicted bomb thrower's already discredited juvenile fantasy, I assume this means we can expect Democrats to hang up the old "Bush lied" canard. With their newfound interest in truth, they will have to finally admit the following. It is a long list, so please bear with me:

Continue reading, "Democrats for truth," and find out why he's not buying it either.

Posted by Richard at September 10, 2006 6:35 PM

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