The President unveils his Ministry of Truth
By Norman Leahy | Monday, February 13th, 2012 | PoliticsAccording to this WaPo report, the President has created a “Truth Team” which will, in DPVA chairman Brian Moran’s words, serve an a corrective to “‘the Republicans and their special interest allies [who] have already launched unfounded, dishonest attacks to try to smear the President’s record.’”
“Unfounded,” “dishonest” and “smears.” Yes, well, so much for that new tone and whatnot.
But who are the members of this super hero-like band of truth tellers? It’s important, you know, because unvarnished truth is such a rare commodity in politics, they could take their gig on the road to clear up any number of falsehoods and fantasies. Sort of like “Mythbusters,” but without the explosions…
Gerry Connolly. Bobby Scott. Jim Moran. Don McEachin. Louise Lucas…20 folks in all.
Okay, nevermind. Given this line-up, they are closer to a Ministry of Truth than much else.
The real fun will be seeing which one aims for the coveted Baghdad Bob prize in truth telling in the face of certain defeat.
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Norm Leahy has written about Virginia and national politics online since 2002, beginning with One Man's Trash (OMT), and continuing through Bacon's Rebellion (both the blog and the e-zine), Sic Semper Tyrannis, NBC12's Decision Virginia, Richmond.com and Tertium Quids. He is the chief blogger at "The Score" and a producer of "The Score" radio show as well as being a Washington Post contributor.
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“I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that they have started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly.”
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