Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Lapdog

In his article titled “Lapdogs”, Eric Boehlert argues that some MSM are sold to Bush’s administration. He proves that the night before invading Iraq, the press conference was a joke, Bush had all the answers and planned before whom to ask. Eternal debate: Bush is a politician, he would do anything to have the support of the citizens but Bush is also the President and shouldn’t lie or fake press conferences. I’d like to know, according to Boehlert, if he can find a place where power and money aren’t associated to corruption and lies. I am sure he is a very smart man, and his point is like “discovering” that Santa Claus never existed. Yes, Bush manipulates people. What were you expecting? That he would tell you the truth and just the truth? He lives in a world of lies, where around him everybody lies. If he wants to survive, he has to play by the rules.

1 Comments:

Blogger Cranky Doc said...

I'm not entirely sure I understand your point -- is it that this is what we should expect, that all politicians are incorrigible and corrupt, and that expecting truth is naive and there's no means of demanding it? If that's the case, it's a rather grim apprsaisal of the possibility for deliberative democracy. Is it really this hopeless? Or do I misunderstand?

9:25 AM

 

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