The New York Times and the Truth

Sunday's New York Times editorializes about the Bush Administrations penchant for lying to the American people, while simultaneously robbing them of their civil liberties and Constitutional rights.

"We can't think of a president who has gone to the American people more often than George W. Bush has to ask them to forget about things like democracy, judicial process and the balance of powers — and just trust him. We also can't think of a president who has deserved that trust less."

Odd, that the Times has been so long in its discovery of these tantalizing facts regarding the Bush Administration. Odd, that the Times stood behind Judith Miller's lies for years, without ever publicly calling Ms. Miller out for her efforts in helping the Bush Administration lie to the American people. Odd, that the Times continues to fall all over itself to provide balance to its news and editorials even when it has to balance an actual fact against a Bush Administration lie to create the illusion that a lie and the truth are two equal sides of any political, domestic or foreign policy discussion.

Maybe the Times has seen the light. Or, maybe they will apologize to President Bush tomorrow.