Reply #25: I'd like to point something out here. [View All]

[Marr]

When Clinton's sex scandal was all the rage, one thing that was constantly being brought up was Clinton's lack of honesty. "What", asked the punditocracy, "does this suggest about his character, and his fitness for the Presidency"? Even if there was nothing illegal to be found, everyone was eager to point out that a lack of character on one issue might translate into a lack of character on a more profound level that could influence his work.

Bush tells obvious lies *all the time*. He's been caught in many- including one of the most damaging lie campaigns of the last 100 years- his lies to get us into Iraq.

And yet I never hear the punditocracy fixate on little moments like this one with his reading list. They never dwell on questions of character when it comes to Bush. They never ask what sort of man lies about the books he's reading, or how that sort of fundamental dishonesty must affect his work.