Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Huff's Orwell Awards

The Blog | Arianna Huffington: And the Winner is... | The Huffington Post:

". . .The Orwell Awards for Fraudulent Statements

To Tony Snow for blaming 9/11 on George H. W. Bush, perpetuating an outrageous lie about the connection between Iraq and 9/11, and implying that Ned Lamont and the sixty percent of the public who agrees with his position on Iraq want to "walk away" from fighting terrorism: . . .

To ABC's Martha Raddatz for implying that one can't support withdrawing our troops from Iraq and at the same time "support the troops": . .

The Orwell Awards for Speaking the Truth

To former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, for voicing his disagreement with Dick Cheney's disgraceful remark that the Lamont victory would embolden "al Qaeda types": . . .

To Senator Russ Feingold, for correcting Joe Lieberman's fraudulent statement on This Week with George Stephanopoulos: . . ."

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