Here are some of the words of Sen. Robert Byrd delivered on the Senate Floor, Wednesday, May 21, 2003:
"Truth has a way of asserting itself despite all attempts to obscure it. Distortion only serves to derail it for a time. No matter to what lengths we humans may go to obfuscate facts or delude our fellows, truth has a way of squeezing out through the cracks, eventually.... Regarding the situation in Iraq, it appears to this Senator that the American people may have been lured into accepting the unprovoked invasion of a sovereign nation, in violation of long-standing International law, under false premises."
[To read all of Byrd's speech, click here.]
Let's hope Byrd's optimism that truth will "assert itself" even more in the months approaching the next election comes to pass. My father-in-law used to say, "God helps those who help themselves." I think a legitimate revision is "Truth helps those who help expose it." Support Byrd, Truthout.org, and alternative sources of news that attempt to unmask the machinery of information control and spin that marks this administration from the top down.

Bill Clinton came within a "gnat's eyelash" of being convicted for lying about his relationship with Monica Lowinsky. Of course that was wrong, but I don't think the effect on the national well-being quite made it a "high crime or misdemeanor." Thankfully, enough folks in Congress agreed. Nevertheless, the reputation for lying and deceiving the population has stuck to him permanently.

However, George W. Bush has lied about serious matters that do impact the well-being of the nation (and other nations, too) yet seems to never be held accountable for those lies. Here is a short list:
He lied to Congress about the existence of WMD and the need to attack Iraq immediately
He lied about the effect his tax cut will have on job creation
He lied that he supports increased support for military personnel pay and benefits while working to cut those benefits on the same day

For an authoritative list of Bush's lies, go to: http://www.house.gov/appropriations_democrats/caughtonfilm.htm