Bush lies - about recession

[placton]

Spinsanity points out another (GASP!) series of lies by the Bushies. It’s almost like * is flip-flopping, or something:

“ advertisement released March 3 claims the economy was in recession in January 2001 - the latest in a long pattern of attempts by the administration to backdate the beginning of the recession to before the beginning of Bush's term in office.
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“However, this claim is not generally accepted in the economic community. The National Bureau of Economic Research's Business Cycle Dating Committee - a standing body of top economists - is widely recognized as the quasi-official authority on the timing of recessions.
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“After it issued this decision in November 2001, the administration initially endorsed the committee's role: Bush called it "the official announcement ... that our economy has been in recession since March"...

http://www.spinsanity.org/

[tjwash]

1. file that one under...

...no shit. My first clue he was lying was his lips were moving.

[placton]

2. The toughest thing about fighting these folks

is that it's always coming at us:
-lies
-coverups
-giveaways to cronies

Hard to keep up.