LIE OF THE WEEK: 07-04-2008
White House Spokeswoman Dana Perino on the president's decision to attend the Olympics:
“This is a decision by the president that he really wanted to go in support of our athletes,” Asked if Mr. Bush was making a political statement, she said, “He does not look at it that way, but we recognize that others may.”
THE TRUTH: President Bush is going to the Olympic Games in Beijing because he wants to use every public opportunity to try to improve his horrible legacy. He's not fooling anyone with this political calculation. His influence in America and in the world is so minimal at this point that an honorable decision to boycott the games because of Chinese abuses around the world is perceived by him and his advisers as worthless, so he's going to go and attempt to use the opportunity to show himself as a leading figure in the world. Unfortunately for him, this will be in vain and the last 6 months of his term will be dominated by the 2 candidates to replace him doing as much as possible to differentiate themselves from his terrible performance on the job. He will always be remembered as the president who put self-interest ahead of the interests of the American people and took us through 8 years of failed policies in every area of government.
“This is a decision by the president that he really wanted to go in support of our athletes,” Asked if Mr. Bush was making a political statement, she said, “He does not look at it that way, but we recognize that others may.”
THE TRUTH: President Bush is going to the Olympic Games in Beijing because he wants to use every public opportunity to try to improve his horrible legacy. He's not fooling anyone with this political calculation. His influence in America and in the world is so minimal at this point that an honorable decision to boycott the games because of Chinese abuses around the world is perceived by him and his advisers as worthless, so he's going to go and attempt to use the opportunity to show himself as a leading figure in the world. Unfortunately for him, this will be in vain and the last 6 months of his term will be dominated by the 2 candidates to replace him doing as much as possible to differentiate themselves from his terrible performance on the job. He will always be remembered as the president who put self-interest ahead of the interests of the American people and took us through 8 years of failed policies in every area of government.
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