Just as Clinton took credit for the great economy during his tenure (of which he /his policies had NO part), The Bush Bunch takes credit for being the only defender of a secure America. What would you expect?
The problem is neither of these spins is anywhere close to the truth….What is the truth? We may never know. Why? Because our media is forever feeding us sound bytes, celebrity tripe, and scandal and failing to report the news that matters in depth, so that we might know the truth. What was REALLY happening in the world during the 18 MONTHS that the news spent on Clinton/Monica/&BJs? Were the BJs really that important, compared to a state-hosted, well-funded terror organization carrying out their designs against us & preparing for 9/11? But the News put it out there and we all just ate it up…shame on us. But as far as assassinating the wholre noble field of in-depth investigative reporting and replacing it with talking heads and fluff, blame the media for pandering to the lowest common denominator of couch-potato-soap opera watchers- miuch more profitable and less risky than helping thinking people keep a grip on what’s happening in the world (much less risky, too: after all the Feds do control broadcast licensing and after the Patriot Act’s passage could probably get a broadcaster on charges of treason for reporting anything negative about the Bush Bunch)
Don’t remember the author, but “He who values security over freedom deserves neither.”