Washington Times lies about Bush record

Sun Myung Moon's Washington Times is a staple among the conservative intelligentsia. The scumbag rag is a treasure trove of right-wing talking points - which its readers pick up and spread fungus-like.

Yesterday, in an editorial praising Bush, the Times lied outright about his miserable record.

The piece claimed Bush had approval ratings between 80 and 90% throughout his first term. That is a lie. His approval ratings were shaky when he took office and were so again 4 years later. And even those figures were filtered through the polling machine that always inflates public support for right-wing causes and individuals.

The article went on to claim that the Decider had reduced unemployment to record-low levels. That too is an outright lie. The lowest the unemployment rate has ever gotten during Bush's reign is still higher than it was immediately before he seized power. (You have to remember that doesn't even count underemployment. Just think if it did.)

And when in the fuckola did Bush "reform Medicare"? I sure as shit don't remember that. He may have ruined it, but I sure don't remember him reforming it.

Just setting the record straight, folks. Let's close the floodgates of the Timesies' lie before the rest of the media amplifies it.

If anyone doubts that the media sometimes lies outright to defend the ruling party, this ought to lay those doubts to rest.

(Source: http://mediamatters.org/items/200808070011)