Via Atrios, a look at an editorial that ran today in the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Dick Cheney is not a public relations man for the Bush administration, not a spinmeister nor a political operative. He’s the vice president of the United States, and when he speaks in public, which he rarely does, he owes the American public the truth.
In his appearance on “Meet the Press” Sunday, Cheney fell woefully short of truth. On the subject of Iraq, the same can be said for President Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz. But Cheney is the latest example of administration mendacity, and therefore a good place to start in holding the administration accountable.
The piece goes on to list numerous falsehoods that Cheney did utter on Sunday. It’s a great start. Hopefully, more mainstream type outlets will start to pick up on this stuff.
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