Twisting the Truth

Twisting the Truth
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Friday, September 24, 2004; Page A25
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45792-2004Sep23.html
There is one good thing about President Bush's new advertisement showing John Kerry windsurfing: Kerry does enjoy windsurfing.
That alone puts the ad on a higher plane of truthfulness than many of the statements the president regularly makes on the campaign trail. A press corps that relentlessly nitpicked Al Gore in 2000 in search of "little lies" and exaggerations has given Bush wide latitude to make things up. I guess the incumbent benefits from the soft bigotry of low expectations....