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

To: E who wrote (648801)	10/20/2004 5:31:18 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

An informal poll: Has the sale of falafel increased in your area since the O'Reilly revelations?

To: E who wrote (648801)	10/20/2004 6:30:13 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Here is how I analyze your answer: You have no explanation of a person lying in the face of certainty that the lie will be exposed. You begin with, Bush wanted to believe in the existance of WMD. This at best is an admission that Bush was not lying, or at worst is ambiguous. Whatever he wanted, did he or did he not believe in their existence? I think you mean to characterize it as wishful thinking. If so, that is not lying, if one has convinced themselves that something, however improbable, is true (we all do that at times). In this case, the belief was hardly improbable. All foreign intelligence believed the WMDs to exist. So did John Kerry, as he said at the time. You depart from the unanswered "lying" question to move on to a completely speculative rant about why you think GWB wanted to go to war. These speculations can neither be proved or disproved. I could speculate as to Kerry's motives in a variety of areas. For example, why does he have penchant for marrying multi-millionaire heiresses? Do you think it has anything to do with love? Or does it reflect poorly on his character? Character is a major issue for many voters, including myself.