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To: greenspirit who wrote (148327)	11/22/2005 5:17:31 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793670

Which of those quotes asserts that Bush lied? Or did you have some other reason for posting them? BTW, re the "impeachable offenses," I have a friend who voted for Bush twice who thinks he should be charged with criminal offenses for how he's handled the border problem.

To: greenspirit who wrote (148327)	11/22/2005 5:45:18 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793670

Any thesaurus can point out the distinctions. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that if any of them had any guts they'd just come out and call him a liar. And there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that is what they think he is. M Main Entry: lie Part of Speech: noun Definition: untruth Synonyms: aspersion, backbiting, calumniation, calumny, complete distortion of the facts, corker, deceit, deception, defamation, detraction, dishonesty, disinformation, distortion, evasion, fable, fabrication, falsehood, falseness, falsification, falsity, fib, fiction, fish story, forgery, fraudulence, guile, hyperbole, inaccuracy, invention, libel, mendacity, misrepresentation, misstatement, myth, obloquy, perjury, prevarication, revilement, reviling, slander, subterfuge, tale, tall story, terminological inexactitude, vilification, white lie, whopper Antonyms: fact, truth Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1) Copyright © 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Main Entry: lie Part of Speech: verb 1 Definition: falsify Synonyms: be untruthful, beguile, break promise, bull, con, concoct, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, distort, dupe, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, falsify, fib, forswear, frame, fudge, invent, jazz, jive, make believe, malign, misguide, misinform, misinstruct,mislead, misrepresent, misspeak, misstate, overdraw, palter, perjure, pervert, phony up, plant, prevaricate, promote, put on, queer, snow, soft-soap, string along, victimize Antonyms: tell truth Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1) Copyright © 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Main Entry: lie Part of Speech: verb 2 Definition: be flat Synonyms: be prone, be recumbent, be supine, couch, laze, lie down, loll, lounge, nap, prostrate, recline, repose, rest, retire, siesta, sleep, sprawl, stretch out, turn in Antonyms: stand Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1) Copyright © 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Main Entry: lie Part of Speech: verb 3 Definition: be situated Synonyms: be, be beside, be buried, be established, be even, be fixed, be found, be interred, be level, be located, be on, be placed, be seated, be set, be smooth, belong, exist, extend, occupy, prevail, reach, remain, spread, stretch Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1) Copyright © 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Main Entry: lie detector Part of Speech: noun Definition: machine for gauging truth Synonyms: polygraph, polygraph machine, psychogalvanic skin response, psychogalvanometer Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1) Copyright © 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Main Entry: white lie Part of Speech: noun Definition: little lie Synonyms: exaggeration, half-truth, harmless untruth, little white lie, mental dishonesty, near truth, partial truth, slight stretch, suggestio falsi, trivial untruth, untruth, well-intentioned untruth Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1) Copyright © 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Main Entry: adjoin Part of Speech: verb 1 Definition: link Synonyms: abut, approximate, border, butt, communicate, connect, join, lie, lie beside, link, neighbor, touch, verge Antonyms: detach, disconnect, divide, separate, unlink Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1) Copyright © 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Main Entry: backbiting Part of Speech: noun Definition: abuse Synonyms: abuse, aspersion, backstabbing, belittlement, bitchiness, calumniation, calumny, cattiness, defamation, denigration, depreciation, detraction, disparagement, gossip, invective, lie, malice, obloquy, scandal, slander, spite, spitefulness, tale, traducement, vilification, vituperation Antonyms: encouragement, praise Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1) Copyright © 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Main Entry: bluff Part of Speech: noun 1 Definition: boast Synonyms: braggadocio, bragging, bravado, bullshit, deception, delusion, facade, fake, false colors, false front, feint, fraud, front, humbug, jiving, lie, pretence, pretext, ruse, sham, show, stall, subterfuge, trick thesaurus.reference.com