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Posted by: Spadecaller 1 year, 9 months agoIn the spirit of holding our political leaders accountable, this year-end review will tabulate the worst lies told by Bush and company, along with several stories that were underreported in the media.
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berkeley
Dec. 27, 2006, 12:32 p.m.the biggest change during 2006 was a willingness to use to word "lie." before that, politicians usually misspoke, or made mistakes, or were misled by others. so the media is gaining maybe one percent in credibility now. every little bit helps.
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walden3
Dec. 28, 2006, 7:40 p.m.how about the big news about the news using "civil war" instead of euphemisms?
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Spadecaller
Dec. 27, 2006, 12:44 p.m.Elaeanor Clift says there is evidence that "not everybody in this town [Washington] is telling the truth! (LMAO with most of the country.)
I wonder what she is referring to.
Georgie, the Great Decider, doesn't lie! He just reassesses the truth frequently ... according to Karl Rove and Fox News -- our most illustrious messengers of objective journalism to be found anywhere.
Well ... read my body language about "reassessing" the truth.
(I hope you didn't see that; it was not pretty.)
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JustCallMeV
Dec. 27, 2006, 2:11 p.m.Now for all the characters in Washington and the media that lack character, Albert Einstein has the quote that sums up the situation:
"Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either."
They have consistantly and maliciously deceived the US people at every turn to drive oppressive and surpressive agendas.
Another good find Spadecaller!
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Spadecaller
Dec. 27, 2006, 8:38 p.m."Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either."
I thought Barbara said that -- not Einstein.
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spkguy
Dec. 27, 2006, 2:13 p.m.Bushism's 101
"I Know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe-I believe what I believe is right."
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
"I'm also not very analytical. you know I don't spend a lot
of time thinking about myself, about why I do things."
"Sometimes when I sleep at night, I think of (Dr.Seuss's) hop on pop."
"The notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And, having said that, all options are on the table."
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JustCallMeV
Dec. 27, 2006, 2:35 p.m.Classic Bush sets the tone for the rest of the administration. Spot on!
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Searchbeam
Dec. 27, 2006, 8:18 p.m.How many times did he have to practice before he could pro-noun-ce it!
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white-pawn
Dec. 27, 2006, 2:30 p.m.Bush is like a bad episode of the Keystone Cops. I guess the main difference is, on the show when they bungled the job, nobody lost their lives or livelihoods. I suppose that is why they were funny, and Bush is not.
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Spadecaller
Dec. 27, 2006, 2:42 p.m.There was a time when telling a lie meant something, especillay if it was the President addressing his nation.
The newspaper's front page story headlines would read:
PRESIDENT LIES!
If he admitted the truth; imagine what the headllines would be today!
BUSH TELLS THE TRUTH!
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spkguy
Dec. 28, 2006, 3:02 a.m.He doesn't lie. Why? Because he said so!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfPCzZME3rc&mode=re
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Beau7890
Dec. 28, 2006, 3:23 a.m.As the old saying goes, "Dog Bites Man" is not news. "Man Bites Dog" is.
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RedstateLib
Dec. 28, 2006, 12:06 p.m.So much for his promise to restore integratey to the white house. Do you think he misspoke and meant to say he would restore impotency(his personal) to the white house. :)
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PopEye52
Jan. 22, 2007, 10:40 a.m.NIXON "I'AM NOT A CROOK"
CLINTON " I DIDN'T HAVE SEX WITH THAT WOMEN"
BUSH -- I DON'T THINK I HAVE ENOUGH CHARACTERS LEFT TO LIST THEM ALL!
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Amazing1
Dec. 27, 2006, 3:59 p.m.This is, after all, the person who takes pride in the fact that he can fart at will. This is indeed a figure to respect and revere. A person of glorious standing. A man to be envied. A human being who has managed to hold such power over his anal musculature that at any moment he can flatuate, simply for the pleasure of it. What a hero.
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Matteu00
Dec. 27, 2006, 4 p.m.I watched a movie called "American Dreamz". It is a satire and I believe the most accurate portrayal of the presidency I have seen. Frighteningly real.
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Spadecaller
Dec. 27, 2006, 6:14 p.m."Bush campaigned this fall as though the Democrats were the real enemy, not the terrorists."
Among all of the shameful actions and comments, this one shows his true colors, his lack of ethics, his lack of patriotism, and his ruthelessness. My God! How could a man like this be the Commander in Chief, and the leader of the most powerful country in the world?
When I read the remarks of those last gaspers who still support this twisted meglomaniac, I hear them often parrot those same horrid attacks against their fellow Americans.
They call Democrats and liberals "unamerican" and portray them even worse than the terrorists who we are not fighting in Iraq.
Thank God the majority of Americans and the majority of the world's population sees through his subterfuge, his lies, and his obfuscations.
Will Congress -- both sides of the aisle do their jobs and bring this incorrigible man and his sidekick in crime, shotgun Dickie, to justice?
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ETproductions
Dec. 28, 2006, 10:58 a.m."When I read the remarks of those last gaspers who still support this twisted meglomaniac, I hear them often parrot those same horrid attacks against their fellow Americans.">>>
This won't stop till listeners slowly drop out of touch with the right-wind ideologues on talk radio and Faux News. Spewing forth their hate is truly Un-American.
Peace to all in the new year.
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Searchbeam
Dec. 27, 2006, 9:59 p.m.There are a lot of problems on this Titanic!
First item: Loose screws, (like loose screw propellers.) There are a lot of them. mostly in the administration. We need a big, heavy plumber's wrench of judicial trials to tighten them up!
Second Item: Loose Morals (like loose anchors)The winch that works best is the one cranked a Federal Judge when he puts these people on long federally funded sabbaticals!
Third Item: Loose cannons. These people shoot their mouths, shoot their shotguns at other people's mouths or shoot their foul, poisonous discharge at unsuspecting people. They are best decommissioned, or just tossed overboard!
Other loose items hanging around the deck of this Titanic, will fall victims to the iceberg of an impeachment trial!
A lot of people on this ship will jump in lifeboats or get dumped into cold icy water of federal facilities! And a lot more will be sucked into this sinking ship! Such is life!
Impeachment Now, Vigilance Forever!
Peace and Blessings!
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Spadecaller
Dec. 27, 2006, 11:22 p.m.Two decades ago, President Reagan unveiled his Star Wars scheme with the intention of rendering nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete."
Today, the word coming from the Pentagon's recently released Nuclear Posture Review is that nuclear weapons are here to stay. IT'S GOOD BUSINESS!
If the recommendations from the Bush administration's review are carried out, the declared purpose of U.S. nuclear weapons could change from deterrence and weapon of last resort to a central, usable component of the U.S. anti-terror arsenal.
Republicans and Democrats alike better get working on impeaching and removing Bush and Cheney from office without delay.
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ETproductions
Dec. 28, 2006, 11:08 a.m.Play back that anti-Goldwater ad in your mind. The one LBJ ran with the child counting daisy petals then the blinding flash and the mushroom cloud. It's the DAISY clip at the top of the list, available in your choice of Quicktime or RealVideo on http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/timeline/year
Yes, it was a shameless distortion and low ball political advertising at its worst on the part of the Democrats. Yes, it came well before the Swift Boat low point of recent memory.
But today, we face a VERY frightening reality. As Johnson said in the voice-over, today, "These are the stakes..."
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ind06
Dec. 28, 2006, 1:30 a.m.I wish after Nixon, Reagan, and Clinton I could be legitimately surprised or register a tiny bit of shock at an article that glosses over the lies of the current president. Truth be told (as Spadecaller has already pointed out) the great surprise would read "President tells truth".
Another foggy day in the halls of politics where the reeking choke of falsehood fills the air and the droning clash of lies and obfuscation deafens the ears!
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Beau7890
Dec. 28, 2006, 3:32 a.m.Unfortunately, Eleanor Clift withheld the knockout blow (as upstanding members of the mainstream media often do).
In describing Bush's reversal on Rumsfeld, she left out his rationale for the lie. When asked at a press conference just after Rumsfeld was dumped why Bush had so enthusiastically endorsed him just days earlier (and, coincidentally, just days before the election), Bush responded, "It was an election!"
That statment just about summed up Bush's and his administration's regard for the truth and for the intelligence of the American people, as well as their prioritization of politics over all else.
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BhaktaRajPrabhu
Dec. 28, 2006, 7:16 a.m.Has this adminstration lied to the American people? Of course they have, and their arrogance abounds. Will things improve in 2008? I can only wonder. By the way... speaking of 2008, have any of you guys heard about the National Identity Card that's supposed to become mandatory in May of that year? I've done some research via the internet, and of course you can't believe everything you read. If the article I read IS correct, and the NID WILL BECOME LAW, then I would suggest that, once again, sinister forces in the government - quietly and behind-the-scenes - have given us an unjust law without the American people even KNOWING that it was in the process of happening! This is just another variation on the same theme: lying... in this case, the lying involves passing a frightening law in secret. Any ideas on this issue? God knows we need to start having human dialogues about what is happening in our country, lest there come a time when dialogues are forbidden and books are burned.
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walden3
Dec. 28, 2006, 9:33 a.m.Lies of 2006? There have been so many. The one that first comes to mind is a recent one, when W said he would listen to the generals who said no more troops are needed. then W turned around and sent secdef gates to wrestle thoughts directly from handpicked boots on the ground asking for more troops. W now says that he looks to the generals for guidance, but he is the decider.
Biggest lies - WMD, levies being breached, airplanes as missiles, warrants for wiretaps, secret prisons, strategic petroleum reserves, united not divider, mission accomplished, heckuva job, I won florida.
The guy is pathological, but why shouldn't he be? He's never had to accept responsibility for anything. He skates through life based on surname and connections.
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joeeddie
Dec. 28, 2006, 10:05 a.m.I'm not disputing the lies / falsehoods part of this story but I will take umbrage with the underreported statement. That is one of those nebulous terms that are used to stir controversy and depends on one's perspective.
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eddie107
Dec. 28, 2006, 10:53 a.m.No surprise to find that the Bush Bashers list only points against Bush, If you want to have any kind of validity, you really should start with the worlds biggest most pathetic lie told this year, and that was the 911 conspiracy, theory plot, the secret bombs, the acid, murder for oil.
The president had the same intelligence as the rest of congress, and America acted accordingly. There will be no impeachment, as a matter of fact, if the Democrats can get in here and help swing things around, there may even be a light at the end of the tunnel, and George Bush will go down in history as a Hero.
But all of you Bush Bashers will still be on here making up your little theories and trying to pass them off as legitimate facts, but anyone with any sense can tell that you are all just children who have nothing better to do with your lives.
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ETproductions
Dec. 28, 2006, 11:31 a.m."The president had the same intelligence as the rest of congress">>>
Truth is that the intelligence given to Congress and that available to the Administration were nowhere near equal. Cheney was an almost permanent fixture at the CIA in the war run-up, twisting arms and demanding tailored intel to support his lust for war. But you're right in your basic assertion that Congress was largely asleep at the switch.
I'm one of the 30% who were against invading Iraq from day 1. I told everyone who would listen that there were no WMDs there. Had there been, the UN Weapons Inspection team would have found at least SOME evidence of them. Our CIA had been feeding them the same intel Cheney used in boasting that, "We know where the weapons are."
It was also obvious to me back in 2003 that if we did go into Iraq with Rummy's light force, we we'd get ourselves into a worse quagmire than Vietnam.
Cont.
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ETproductions
Dec. 28, 2006, 11:33 a.m.I saw all this, and I'm no Harvard PHD. I'm just a lowly website designer. I would HOPE that people elected to represent America and handle the reins of nuclear destruction would be way brighter than me. So I say fire the lot of them, Democrat and Republican alike, that voted for this mess.
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KISA452a
Dec. 28, 2006, 11:18 a.m."Lies and Obfuscations
A look back at some of the biggest falsehoods of 2006."
The title implies looking at the biggest falsehoods in general. This suggests that ONLY Bush has been involved in "the biggest falsehoods of 2006". Quite a revelation when there are plenty of false-hoods to go around. Well, as a columnist for MSNBC, at least it is obvious the bias of this "news" organization.
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ETproductions
Dec. 28, 2006, 11:39 a.m.This was, after all, an article about Bush, not all the lies of 2006.
Reporting the truth is now bias, and delivering up White House talking points as gospel even after they have been demonstrated as total fabrications (yes, the dreaded "L" word, LIES) is "Fair and Balanced" reporting.
This country is going to rip itself apart at the seams if we continue to let ideology determine what is truth. I don't want to see that happen. I'm not quite ready to move to Australia.
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Renep
Dec. 28, 2006, 11:33 a.m.Eddie107
Bush a Hero? History will judge Bush as the least intelligent, the most error prone and liar in US History.
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eddie107
Dec. 28, 2006, 12:01 p.m.I dont completely agree with the liar part, I do personally think that he is a bumbling idiot, but I think that he discussed this plan with a great number of people, and considering the situation he had before him, came up with a plan that might defuse the situation that America faced.
America woke up one morning to find that not only had we been attacked, but we also discovered that we are hated by the majority of the Muslim nations.
Planting a democracy in the Middle of all of the turmoil, would be a long painstaking process that is very risky and costly.
I will be the first to say that an occupation like Vietnam would be the last thing that America would stand for. I didn't want it, I wanted Bush out of the office, and voted thusly.
Bush's major malfunction was communication. If he had been open about what he was trying to attempt, I think the world might have been a little more open for discussion. I believe that Iraq was an outlaw state, and supported terrorists.
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B1BLancer
Dec. 28, 2006, 12:33 p.m.Well I see Libscape is out in full force. *YAWN* What else is new?
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walden3
Dec. 28, 2006, 6:59 p.m.maybe you should stick to fox news and your own echo chamber then, aye?
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eddie107
Dec. 28, 2006, 12:59 p.m.Wow Hogtrash, Uh, that is a lot of stuff to read, I will try to read it later tonight, but I really gota get back to real work. You know, earning a living. I will get back to you on the Carter stuff. Thanks for your contribution about lies. There needed to be other viewpoints in this room.
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ETproductions
Dec. 28, 2006, 10:44 p.m.I gave it a full set of Bad votes. I generally reserve such only for posts that resort to name calling rather than providing substantive discussion (and I give the thumbs down on that front to conservative and liberal mud slinging with equal speed). But this article and the ensuing discussion had nothing to do with Jimmy Carter, and the post was too long with indenting to even be readable.
Hogtrash, if you feel strongly about Carter, why not post your diatribe on a blog somewhere then submit it as a full-blown article here.
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