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To: epicure who wrote (2397)	6/22/2003 12:43:53 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

The problem is the way that politicians convince themselves that exaggerations, evasions, half-truths, distortions and other rhetorical tricks designed to avoid the truth and their own accountability are not, in fact, equivalent to lying to the people they promised to serve. Remember the rather mediocre pop song "Shout" from Tears for Fears in the 1980's? The basic message was don't sit back quietly when politicians lie to you. If no one gets in their face, they will learn very quickly they can get away with it. They are all scum when they fall in that trap, IMHO. The consequences of Bush's particular obsession were far graver, no doubt. But it has been a long time - much too long - since we had anyone in the White House who didn't add a layer of shame to the Oval Office.