Ron Reagan's Case Against Bush

Never thought I would say this about a Reagan, much less the guy I remember dancing around in his underwear on Saturday Night Live, but this is an article of substance. To wit:

Politicians will stretch the truth. They'll exaggerate their accomplishments, paper over their gaffes. Spin has long been the lingua franca of the political realm. But George W. Bush and his administration have taken "normal" mendacity to a startling new level far beyond lies of convenience. On top of the usual massaging of public perception, they traffic in big lies, indulge in any number of symptomatic small lies, and, ultimately, have come to embody dishonesty itself. They are a lie. And people, finally, have started catching on.

The rest of the article is worth the read: