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Friday, March 31, 2006 12:00 AM

"Saddam chose to deny inspectors"

Bush repeated this bald-faced lie recently. The cowering press still lets him get away with it, but the public is no longer fooled.

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  • Saturday, April 1, 2006 07:43 AM

    Inspectors

    It seems it would be easy to get a statement from Hans Bliss regarding this lie. The "main stream press" that Bush demeans from time to time when he is desparate to deflect criticism is letting him get away with murder, both figuratively and literally, on this one.

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