false pretenses

According to tomorrow's WaPo: with the blessings of the U.S. Treasury, half of the $163 billion given to U.S. banks to spur lending on behalf of "Main Street" is going to the banks' private shareholders as dividends.

Last weekend, the opening sketch of Saturday Night Live featured a joint press conference between Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton, with Amy Poehler's Clinton proclaiming that she was told she'd be addressing the nation alone.

The Independent Reporter’s Report, a Senator Mike Williams shill blog, charges 4th state Senate district candidate Mike Faulk with hypocrisy for accepting money from a conservative PAC while

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We live in historical times, my friends. From the democratic presidential campaign this year to a war we went to on false pretenses to gas costing $4.00, it is a time, in my humble opinion, that we will look back to as we grow older.

This micro-battle is going to be replayed all over the country as incoming Iraq/Afghanistan vets begin flooding already overtaxed and underfunded programs and facilities.

This seems fairly definitive:

A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.

This seems fairly definitive:

A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.

Jim Geraghty has the story of the Iowa man who asked Fred Thompson if he wants to be President:

. . . he presented himself as a dedicated patriot willing to serve if we, the American people, were willing to have him do so. He refuses to be a President under false pretenses. . . If the American people do not want him to be President, he is not going to trick us into ag