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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (266842)	6/25/2002 3:28:08 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

BUSH'S TRIFECTA OF LIES: "It takes a brazen politician to make up a story that can be proven false and then to keep lying about it after being busted repeatedly. A case in point is President Bush's repetition last week of a story about a fictitious Chicago campaign statement, just days after his budget director was called on it by "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert....Bush's claim that he listed three exceptions under which he would run deficits during a 2000 Chicago campaign stop -- war, national emergency or recession -- is blatantly false" --Brendan Nyhan, 06.18.02 Re: "Some Bush backers claim he's not a liar, he's just not very bright and doesn't remember things very well." >>> Well, that's a theory anyway. Re your comment: "You know the really sick part of the "Trifecta" witticism is that Bushi*** is try to make a joke about the fact that we're playing at war, there's a recession on, and we've endured a national emergency." >>> As a political tactic, I think it was quite effective. The idea that he expressed these qualifying statements (about deficits, social security, etc.) while campaigning for election as President -- instead of one year later while his budget promises began to unravel in public -- has sunk into the public unconscious. >>> People can't remember what he actually DID say, what he did promise... and they seem to vaguely remember he warned them his budget promises might not hold up in the event of war... or something. He comes off as prescient, thoughtful. >>> That's the brilliant thing about 'trying to make a joke' as you say, by appearing slightly unseemly he accomplishes a much larger political purpose.