Well, Bob Herbert, in his latest article, has a suggestion for the President. "If I were advising the president, I'd suggest he form his own truth squad to vet his policies and public statements and advise him on ways to maintain a high level of credibility..
Good advice, but probably unnecessary. President Bush is going to govern according to a hardline conservativism; he's made that clear. People who agree with his philosophy don't see most of what Herbert points to (Iraq, the Deficit, etc.) as problems, but as evidences of President Bush's strength. The only places where President Bush is going to have a difficulty with his base is in programs like "Leave No Child Behind" or the recent Prescription Drug plan. When it comes to growing the government, they will care that a program initially estimated at $400 Billion (the Prescription Drug Plan) will now cost $583.
And it is doubtful that such a committee would really win over Mr. Herbert who closes his article with this comment. "It's time to put an end to the fantasies and the deceit, which have landed us in a quagmire overseas and the equivalent of fiscal quicksand at home.
It's not too much to ask that the president of the United States speak the clear truth about his policies and their implications. Mr. Bush would do himself and his country a favor by establishing a closer relationship with reality and a more intense commitment to the truth.
Those Americans who have put their trust in the president deserve nothing less."
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