For LRC readers of an older generation, one of their favorite cherished childhood memories is The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. One of the best loved segments was Fractured Fairy Tales, classic fairy tales retold in comedic fashion narrated by Edward Everett Horton. The jovial editors of The Wall Street Journal have picked up where the moose and squirrel left off. Their latest Fractured Fairy Tale comes from one Laurence H. Silberman. In an egregious example of fanciful revisionist history entitled “The Dangerous Lie That ‘Bush Lied,’” Silberman hilariously attempts to resurrect and restore the George W. Bush administration’s fractured legacy concerning the veracity of intelligence regarding WMD prior to the preemptive invasion of Iraq. It will leave you rolling in the aisles in hysterics. So who is this jokester Silberman? He is a senior federal judge appointed by Ronald Reagan for his crucial part in the 1980 October Surprise which sabotaged the Jimmy Carter re-election campaign by secretly meeting with Iranian officials to covertly delay the release of the American hostages held by Iran until the day Reagan was sworn into office.

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