Big Brother-Style Rewriting History

According to an article in The Washington Post, The Bush administration has been cleaning up the speech transcripts of their lead buffoon, GW, editing out gaffes and presidential bloopers. While this might seem like a minor issue it amounts to a falsification of official records of historical importance. In Bush’s case this is almost forgivable since he is such an obvious moron, but this practice has been extended even to comments made my White House Spokesman, Ari Fleischer. Laste September, “when White House press secretary Ari Fleischer warned that Americans “need to watch what they say.” The phrase did not at first appear in the White House transcript.” The White House transcripts have even cut out heckling, boos, and laughter while preserving cheers and applause. Is there any doubt that the Bush administration has some serious problems with honesty and respect for the democratic process?

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