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June 25, 2003

Where There’s Smoke… There’s People on the Left Blowing Smoke

For over a month the Left has been accusing Bush of lying to the public. No evidence has yet been found to support the accusation.

The Left purposely conflates being mistaken with lying. And given that Hussein previously admitted possessing WMD, it isn’t even likely Bush was mistaken.

The argument is just a distraction thrown up by the Left to make people forget that Hussein was supporting terrorists who are trying to nuke us.

Why the Left would oppose efforts to halt terrorism—merely in order to get themselves into power—is a question they carefully avoid discussing.

The absence of any proof that Bush lied is beginning to be an embarassment to the Left. The latest thing is that the Left is attempting to avoid embarassment by claiming that, as both Judge and Jury, it has decided to convict Bush of lying, even without any evidence.

Witness this opinion piece from the LA TIMES:

WITH SO MANY PINOCCHIOS IN POWER, WHAT’S A KID TO THINK?

By Susan E. Tifft
When I began teaching at Duke, I was pleased to find that the university had an honor code exhorting students to promise they wouldn’t “lie, cheat or steal” in their academic endeavors. But now I regard the pledge as a quaint artifact.

How can young people take seriously such a vow when everywhere they look they see successful grown-ups getting ahead by playing fast and loose with the truth?

Every day brings fresh accusations that President Bush and his advisors stretched intelligence to get the United States into a war in Iraq, while the one feel-good story of the conflict—the rescue of Pfc. Jessica Lynch—is looking increasingly phony. At least three independent media investigations (the British Broadcasting Corp., the Chicago Tribune and the Washington Post) have cast doubt on the initial heroic narrative and questioned whether the military manipulated the episode for propaganda purposes.

See? It doesn’t matter that there’s no proof. It’s enough that “Every day brings fresh accusations.” Never mind that all the accusations are from the Left, which has appointed itself not only Judge and Jury, but also the sole lawyer in their kangaroo court.

Or how about this, from ultra-leftwing madman Robert Scheer, who disgraces the pages of the LA TIMES weekly with his tirades:

THE FACT THAT HUSSEIN’S GONE DOESN’T MAKE LYING RIGHT

...It was OK to lie about the nonexistent evidence of ties between Hussein and Al Qaeda. It was OK to lie about the U.N. weapons inspectors, claiming they were suckered by Hussein. It was OK to lie, not only to Americans but to our allies in this war, about “intelligence” alleging that Iraq’s military had chemical and biological weapons deployed in the field.

Of course, Scheer has no evidence that there were any such lies. It’s the latest tactic of the Left to figure that if they blow enough smoke, pretty soon somebody will think there was a fire.

Doesn’t the Left have anything to offer that can help build up America? Can they do nothing better than to attack actions by the Right intended to defend America from terrorists?