The logic of crying wolf

Just goes to show that the eroded trust of the last eight years is a commodity that the Bush administration couldn't afford to dispense with...

From the New York Times:

While Congressional leaders in both chambers said they were confident that they could reach a quick deal, it was also clear that Mr. Paulson and Mr. Bernanke would face rough questioning and that initial support for the bailout had begun to fray. Some Democrats said they simply did not trust the president, and drew a parallel to Mr. Bush’s request for authority to wage war in Iraq.

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Mr. Durbin [Dem-IL], in a speech on the Senate floor, angrily recalled that the administration had similarly requested swift approval of its plan to attack Iraq. “Just as we should have asked more questions about weapons of mass destruction six years ago before we found ourselves in this war,” Mr. Durbin said, “we need to ask questions today about where this is leading.”

You can fool all of the people ... etc. etc.

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