An actor, trying to be self-effacing during his acceptance of a Golden Globe Award the other night, said the votes must have been counted in Florida, and the Hollywood audience tittered as expected. Everyone understood the reference – Florida is where George W. Bush stole the 2000 presidential election from Al Gore.

He did no such thing, of course It’s one of the three big lies about President Bush told along with hundreds of smaller ones as ideologically driven critics have attempted to persuade the public that he is another Hitler, a war criminal, a total, utter, heartless, incurious incompetent, the least able person ever to sit in the Oval Office.