Caricatura no The Economist
Comentando estes dados, o circunspecto The Economist de Londres comenta:
«But there are grounds for thinking this finding is rooted in real political events: in the administration's confident assertion that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq; in its insistence that the abuses in Abu Ghraib prison were caused by a few bad apples; in its claim that the cost of last year's Medicare reform bill would be $400 billion, not (in reality) $550 billion. Trust is essential for good government. It is also the quality Mr Bush stressed above others to distinguish his administration from Bill Clinton's. He is in danger of losing voters' trust.»