Bush's "Town"

Bush held a "Town Hall" forum in Fargo yesterday to give a speech on Social Security.*

*And by "town," I mean, "only the people who support Bush already." Yes, that wonderfully democratic practice of banning potential opposition at all of W's appearances has continued into his Presidency.

He's continuing some other practices from the campaign as well. Especially that whole "dishonesty" thing. For example,

I recognized that these frivolous lawsuits are running up the cost of medicine, and therefore, they're affecting federal budgets. I believe the medical liability crisis is a national problem that requires a national solution, and Congress needs to get a good bill to my desk this year.

How can this be the case when, according to the CBO, malpractice costs represent less than 2 percent of overall health care spending?

Of course, he also repeated many of the misleading statements he made about social security a few nights ago in the State of the Union address.