Cult of Deception. MAUREEN DOWD

Cult of Deception by MAUREEN DOWD

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/opinion/01dowd.html?_r=1&th&oref=slogin

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Cult of Deception. MAUREEN DOWD
chose an apt title for an op-ed piece. When I saw her title
the image of Colin Powell at the UN instantaneously flipped
to my frontal lobe. Actually the White House webpage
is what is recalled, where, in oversized golden or yellow
lettering is emblazened "DENIAL AND DECEPTION".

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030205-1.html

This is the alpha and the omega of the entire cloud of
the Powell speech, the Iraq war, the Bush tenure, the Wa****ngton
environment and the media treatment of same. Denial and
Deception.

The White House boldly and proudly displayed it's 'gotcha'
by the use of golden lettering. The hubris of gold over time
has aged to the yellow stain of running dogs.

Scott McClellan has left his mark. Even in his Toto moment
of revelation, where he pulls back the curtain to reveal
the wizard, McClellan can't faithfully relate what he has
found. And instead presents another curtain.

Scott McClellan, beyond all the sullied layers, at his core
was a follower of a true believer in Freedom and Democracy.
This you will find in his book. The exculpation of all
complicity for Scott by Scott.