Romney's Iraq Gaffe Ignored

GOP contender's bizarre pre-war history

Romney's error was serious--as Begala said on CNN, "If this were a general election debate, [it] would be a disqualifier." But if the press were to admit that rewriting of recent history was cause for alarm, they might have to acknowledge that George W. Bush has done the same thing. On July 14, 2003, Bush declared of Saddam Hussein, "We gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in." The comment received little media attention, ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The press failing to hold neo-con Republicans reponsible for departures from facts and reality is a very unsettling behavior. The ethics of Bush and Romney drinking at the same same history re-writing and KoolAid party is unsettling enough, but is much compounded by what seems to be gross ignorance or willful neglect by the press. An informed democracy needs an informed, active, and ethical press.

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by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

Important, of course. Could have used a weapons inspections timeline to really bring home how wrong Romney was, along with the media that dinged Huckabee for missing Reagan's b-day.

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