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The Buck Stops There
Bush shifts the blame for his Iraq whopper.
By William Saletan
Posted Monday, July 14, 2003, at 3:31 PM PT

When George W. Bush ran for president, one of his big selling points was responsibility. Americans were tired of Bill Clinton's fudges and legalisms. They were tired of hearing that the latest falsehood was part of a larger truth, or that it was OK because the president had attributed it to somebody else, or that the country should "move on." Bush promised to end all that. He promised an "era of responsibility" in which leaders and citizens would no longer "blame somebody else."...