George W. Bush was elected President of the United States largely
on the strength of the image that he is a practicing Christian, a man
of integrity and honesty, and a man who can be trusted. In fact,
Bush has repeatedly used the "trust me" mantra throughout his
presidency. And for the most part, evangelical Christians have
done just that.

However, it is now time to face reality: George W. Bush is as big a
liar as was his predecessor, Bill Clinton! His word means
absolutely nothing!

First, virtually every reason Mr. Bush gave the American people
for our preemptive invasion of Iraq has been shown to be false.
Iraq had no Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) capable of
threatening the United States, and the link between Saddam
Hussein and the 9/11 hijackers was also proven to be nothing more
than a figment of Bush's imagination.

However, it is the repeated lies and falsehoods of Bush's domestic
policies that reveal a habitual, pathological penchant for duplicity.

For example, back in 2004, President Bush assured the American
people that no government snooping took place without first
obtaining lawful warrants. That turned out to be as phony as a
three dollar bill.

Next, President Bush assured us that only international calls
involving suspected al-Qaeda terrorists were being tapped. And
even then, Bush was adamant that legal warrants were obtained
before such wiretaps were put in place. That has since been proven
to be a big, fat lie!

Then President Bush promised us that even though some
Americans' phone calls might be targeted, they only involved
international calls. Once again, we now know this was another fib.

Again, President Bush resorted to lies and deception by assuring
the American people that no domestic calls or communications
were being targeted by the federal government. NOT! We now
know that every American citizen has had virtually every one of
his or her phone calls "mined" by the National Security Agency
(NSA).

Now, President Bush is promising us that even though the federal
government is indeed compiling a database of every phone call
made in the United States, it isn't actually listening to the calls or
identifying the names of the callers.

Yet, even as President Bush makes these false assurances, we learn
that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has secretly sought
phone records and other documents of more than 3,500 Americans,
including many journalists. And these records were obtained
without warrants under a provision of the Patriot Act.

So, now journalists are considered terrorists? Who is next? School
teachers? Engineers? Physicians? Ministers? Certainly, lawyers
must be included (except those who are in Congress, of course).

How many times do we need to be lied to before we figure out that
we cannot believe anything President Bush or his spokesmen tell
us?

Then there is the illegal immigration issue. President Bush
repeatedly states that his "guest worker" program is not amnesty.
Get real! Even Jessica Simpson knows that's a bunch of horse
manure! If it's not amnesty, why are so many millions of Mexicans
breaking the sound barrier trying to get here? And why is it that
nearly 50% of all illegal Mexicans who currently reside in this
country came here since Bush was elected president? There is only
one reason: they want amnesty, and they believe Bush (and his
fellow travelers in Congress) is going to give it to them!

No wonder Bush's approval rating is currently at 29%. Every time
he opens his mouth, he tells another lie!

It is time for G.W. Bush's hard-core base, the Religious Right, to
publicly and vociferously call the president to task for his perpetual
dishonesty, deceit, and duplicity! If they are unwilling to do this,
they should apologize to Bill Clinton!

© Chuck Baldwin


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