Bush's model isn't Reagan, it's Nixon

UPI reports a claim that the public version of the capture of Saddam Hussein was faked.

"I was among the 20-man unit, including eight of Arab descent, who searched for Saddam for three days in the area of Dour near Tikrit, and we found him in a modest home in a small village and not in a hole as announced," said ex-Sgt. Abou Rabeh. "We captured him after fierce resistance during which a Marine of Sudanese origin was killed."

He said Saddam himself fired at them with a gun from the window of a room on the second floor.

I don't know if this is true or not. And to be honest with you, even if it were true, it wouldn't change my opinion of this administration.

The saddest part is that, if it were true, I wouldn't be surprised.

If Bill Clinton had claimed he paid $40 for a haircut when he was president and he'd actually paid $42, he would've been crucified for it. There would've been calls for his impeachment.

But this administration can play fast and loose with the truth on huge issues of actual importance to the national and international scene and President Bush can get a free pass just by saying 'Remember 9/11,' clicking his heels and then repeating breathlessly the words 'liberty' and 'freedom' 100 times.

And what's even worse is that, such as the Saddam capture case if it's true and many other cases, they even play fast and loose with the truth when they don't have to.

I guess old habits are hard to break.