[bert]

" I did not inhale".

" I did not have sex with that woman"

[liberallarry]

Ties to Palestinian terrorists are not equivalent to ties to Al Queda.
Manufacturing, or attempting to manufacture, chemical and biological weapons, is not equivalent to trying to obtain atomic weapons.

The truth is still out on most of this. Neocons have long believed Saddam posed a real and imminent danger to our country. They approached Clinton in 1998 about possible regime change. But it's also true that Saddam of 2001 was much, much weaker than Saddam of 1991.

[Athelas]

For several years I have watched GWB as he served as Governor of our state. Perhaps his most endearing quality is his simple straight-forward communication style. When GWB speaks you don't have to wonder what the definition of "is" is. I watched the 2000 campaign a bit amused as the media would parse his statements and go: "what did he mean by that?". There's an easy way to know what Bush means when he says something; he means exactly what he said.

I see the whole thing with the "16 words" as symptomatic of the media's (and Dem's) failure even at this stage to understand this simple truth about GWB: He means what he says. You don't have to pull 16 words out of a speech, parse it, redefine it, then apply it from your perspective for an "Aha!" moment.

If you want to understand what Bush means, sit and listen to him just like he was sitting in a lawn chair talking to you directly. That's probably the thing I love the most about Bush and why I would never vote for one of his opponents. I trust him to tell me the truth. No amount of spin by the Dems and their media water-carriers could ever change the deep understanding I have of his qualities in this area.

[savedbygrace]

I haven't been keeping up with the news and FR lately. Is anyone asking questions about the roots of Moveon.org? Why would Gore associate himself so publicly with this org?

[TheDon]

I've been stating this on FR for months. This is the Big Lie from the Demorats. Among other reasons, we went to war with Iraq because they would not fully cooperate with the UN inspectors to prove they had no WMDs or WMD programs. It does not matter whether or not we eventually find WMDs or WMD programs in Iraq, now that we are in control, we can get to the bottom of the matter. The UN, the Europeans, and, surprise!, the Demorats has taken advantage of a subtle point to their political advantage.

[185JHP]

Another thing about the power of the "big lie": non-psycho people find it easy to believe that other people can and will do what they do, but tend to resist believing that a given person will dosomething outrageously wrong that they wouldn't do. Since they don't tell whoppers very often (maybe never), there's a push to believe something "big."

[Eva]

The big lie is one of Saul Alinsky's rules for radicals, which Hillary follows very closely. These rules have been her Ten Commandments since she served the infamous socialist as an intern.

[GOPJ]

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