To: ChinuSFO who wrote (55 ) 7/27/2005 3:15:13 PM From: Dan B. Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 255 I LOVE the bolded, though I certainly don't need to read the lie in there again. It'd be fine, except that Even for a Dudhead, Bush still noted the "guilt" requirement from the very beginning, in deference to your "bolded" text. This was definitely appropriate, ahem, just in case innocence exists(I know this is hard for you to fathom, LOL, but is the American Way), even all the way back to 1776, let alone all the way back in 2003 when again, he suggested the same standard which he has in '05. Yes, the SAME DAY back in 2003 when he offered essentially to "fire any staffer found to be involved in a leak," he also stated it in terms of legal guilt, as he essentially has on at least one other occasion again, in the interim between '03 and your bogus 'claim of an '05 flip. That makes three consistent public displays of intent over 2 years, by President Bush on this issue. All of his statements in fact, remain wholly consistent with firing "any staffer found to be involved in a leak." There is no beef in your claims on this issue at all. All marshmallow. So "let me offer you some advice my son:" Sometimes it's wise not to pretend you didn't get a direct and complete response, when you in fact did, as repeated here ad nauseam. There is no question by the statements from early on, that Bush has been wholly consistent here. Given Bush's own words, there was no "limitation" put on a broader commitment from the past, not at all, since again, his guilt requirement has stood since the first day in '03 when he first talked about this issue. If you pretend he didn't openly expect "guilt" to be found before firing people, despite the fact that his words all along prove you wrong, you will find yourself fully mired in a mystery of having just been left behind (no matter how fancy you think your flight is now). It's just stupid given the facts, and particularly, in any event, common standards of justice. It's also wise not to accuse others (ahem, such as me for instance) wrongly of "changing the topic" to the Florida Election of 2000, when that topic was brought up in your own post to which I replied, in the article YOU gave the thread. I mean, gimme a public break, or ya just may as well call yourself criminal here (not to mention that while you provided an article with a comment about the Florida Election, you offer no counter to my pointed rebuttal). Dan B.