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Weapons of Mass Deception...

Feb 21, 2004 4:41PM PST

Every where you look with the current administration, there's a pattern of deception. They "mistakenly" claimed that Iraq was seeking Uranium from Niger. They "mistakenly" claimed that Iraq had WMD's. They "mistakenly" claimed that the Medicare bill would only cost $400 Billion instead of $580+ Billion. They "mistakenly" claimed that welfare for the wealthy would create new jobs. They "mistakenly" claimed that 2.6 million new jobs would be created this year. They "mistakenly" claimed that GW was a uniter not a divider. They "mistakenly" claimed that GW didn't believe in Nation Building. They "mistakenly" claimed that GW believed in smaller government...

Now the current administration says it improperly altered a report documenting large racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Is there anything that they haven't made a mistake on???

Taking Spin Out of Report That Made Bad Into Good Health

"WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The Bush administration says it improperly altered a report documenting large racial and ethnic disparities in health care, but it will soon publish the full, unexpurgated document.

"There was a mistake made," Tommy G. Thompson, the secretary of health and human services, told Congress last week. "It's going to be rectified."

Mr. Thompson said that "some individuals took it upon themselves" to make the report sound more positive than was justified by the data...

The original version of the report included these statements, which were dropped from the final version:

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