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To: combjelly who wrote (376908)	4/7/2008 8:22:29 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578097

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To: combjelly who wrote (376908)	4/7/2008 8:32:40 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578097

Easy enough. Open a real dictionary. It isn't "easy enough". Take, for example, the idiot liberals on Air America - (or formerly so). Consider Al Franken's commentary about Bush. Time and time again, he accused Bush of lying when -- and I've heard all of you here do it as well -- when in fact there was no evidence of a lie at all. A lie is, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky". That is a lie. Saying, "There are WMD in Iraq" -- even if they really aren't there -- is not a lie if you are acting in good faith (which Cheney was) when you say it. A lie involves a lack of good faith. Dictionary, or no. An inaccurate representation when the presenter BELIEVES it is accurate information cannot categorically be considered a "lie" -- it is a "mistake". All of the verbs listed in the dictionary entry you cited involve an "intent to deceive". Thus, if there is an intent to deceive and a false statement, you've got a lie. If either of those characteristics is missing, as with remarks by Bush and Cheney in the buildup to the war, they are not lies. By the definition you cited, almost all liberals are liars.