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Mark Shields: I’ve Never Heard a Democratic Leader Accuse Bush of Lying Us Into War

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Mark Shields: I’ve Never Heard a Democratic Leader Accuse Bush of Lying Us Into War

Syndicated columnist and PBS regular Mark Shields on Friday actually said on national television that he has never heard a Democratic leader or presidential candidate accuse former President George W. Bush of lying America into the Iraq War. This was said in response to Charles Krauthammer telling his fellow “Inside Washington” panelists that this all too common media assertion is the “essential untruth of this decade” (video follows with transcript and commentary): read more

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Tony Blair Accused of Ripping Off The Queen

Posted on September 9, 2010 by | Leave a comment

The Queen screenwriter Peter Morgan has accused former British prime minister Tony Blair of plagiarizing his script. In his memoirs, Blair’s account of what was said when he went to kiss hands with the Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 is apparently very similar to the dialogue that Morgan wrote. Morgan surmises that either he guessed exactly right in the script (unlikely), that Blair decided he liked Morgan’s lines enough to use them, or that the former prime minister simply confused the film with the actual events. Blair claims to have never seen the film. Alternate guess: Blair’s ghost writer uncovered a vast conspiracy between the lines of what was actually said and used Morgan’s dialogue to cover himself. [ Telegraph via NY Times Arts Beat ]

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