White House : Please take your own advice

"The White House's response of "outrage" to the recent Newsweek
story is truly a new milestone in hypocrisy for the Bush
administration. Just look at their official response yesterday:

"It's puzzling that while Newsweek now acknowledges that they
got the facts wrong, they refused to retract the story,"
White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters. "I think
there's a certain journalistic standard that should be met
and in this instance it was not...The report
has had serious consequences. People have lost their lives.
The image of the United States abroad has been damaged."

The irony of this White House "outrage" at inaccuracies in
light of all the lies about Iraq the Bush administration has
fed America is really incredible. Here's what the Democrats
should say in response:

"It's puzzling that while the White House now acknowledged
that they haven't found WMD or a link between Al Queda and
Iraq, they have refused to retract their claims. I think
there's a certain standard of governing that should be met
and in this instance has not. The claims
the administration used to send this nation to war has had
serious consequences. People have lost their lives. The image
of the United States abroad has been damaged."

-David Sirota
http://www.davidsirota.com/