Paul Krugman, who, when the last grain of observable truth tumbles into the sea is the one I trust to accurately note the event, wonders why Rudy Giuliani’s habit of lying is not a larger story told by the media.
Mr. Giuliani has a habit of saying things, on issues that range from health care to national security, that are demonstrably untrue.
And the American people have a right to know that.
Take all the time you need to answer. (Or is there some third possibility?) Sheryl Gay Stolberg does a little group teabagging. This quote from extremely well paid OMB hack and Texan (or vice versa) Clay Johnson is especially picquant:
“I said, ‘How in the world can you be considered a liar by some?’ ” Mr. Johnson said, recounting a conversation with Mr. Bush. “I mean, there are bumper stickers about lying. It’s just incredible.’
This seems to be the day for Cheap Little Republican Sleazeballs to be getting their long overdue comeuppance for breathtaking lapses from anything resembling proper behavior. Besides our oklahoma judge we now have Bernie Kerik, the only person I know of whom it can be said that Michael "Skeletor" Jerkoff Chertoff is demonstrably better than:
A year and a half after his Homeland Security nomination sank over ethics questions, former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty Friday to charges he accepted tens of thousands of dollars in gifts while he was a top city official. Read below the fold...
