Kennedy Compares Bush to Richard Nixon
I don't think Kerry and Kennedy understand that this is a nation at war. Kerry and Kennedy act as if the war on terror is more akin to crime fighting, and that's just fundamentally out of touch with the reality we face.
- Terry Holt, a spokesman for the Bush campaign
Republicans will jump on the messenger here, which is really too bad, but Ted Kennedy makes sense on this issue. Perhaps the reason that Conservatives are reacting to Kennedy's speech with such vitriol and personal hatred is that they have nothing to offer to counter Kennedy.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Iraq has become "George Bush's Vietnam," Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said Monday, calling the president deceitful and for the first time comparing him to former President Nixon, who resigned in disgrace.
Saying that truth has become the biggest casualty of the Bush administration, Kennedy said Bush misled the public about the war, the economy, health care and education, eroding the nation's reputation at home and abroad.
"As a result, this president has now created the largest credibility gap since Richard Nixon," Kennedy said in a speech at the Brookings Institution, a think tank. "He has broken the basic bond of trust with the American people."....
"Saying whatever it takes to prevail has become standard operating procedure in the Bush White House," said Kennedy. "In this administration, truth is the first casualty of policy."
So what, exactly, is inaccurate in what Kennedy said? The sad reality is that Kennedy speaks the truth, and Republicans have no counter-argument to make. Of course, that's not going to stop them from the weeping, gnashing of teeth, and character assassination that is part and parcel of their sorry excuse for "political dialogue".
