McLaughlin (of TV's McL Group) turns against Bush

[Critical Thinker]

The most recent episode of the McLaughlin Group was a typical year-end compendium of "best and worst" of 2004. Among other questions, moderator John McLaughlin asked the panel for their assessment of the "biggest lie of 2004". Shockingly, arch-conservative McLaughlin awarded the honor of Biggest Lie to the notion that the war in Iraq has made America safer. Here is a transcript of the exchange:

MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Worst Lie.

MR. BUCHANAN: "The Da Vinci Code." A number of people believe that, you know, Christ was married to Mary Magdalene and that they had children. And it probably damaged the faith of an awful lot of people. And I think it's by and large a big fraud, but it's a gigantic best-seller.

MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Three words each. Worst Lie.

MS. CLIFT: It was a novel, Pat!

MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Three words!

MS. CLIFT: That we're safer today because Bush invaded Iraq. Big lie.

MR. BLANKLEY: "Fahrenheit 9/11."

MR. O'DONNELL: John O'Neill's best-selling lies about John Kerry, trying to suggest he was not a real war hero.

MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor's right. Worst Lie: The war in Iraq has made Americans safer. Worst Lie!

We'll be right back.

http://www.mclaughlin.com/library/transcript.asp?id=446