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kuozzman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 11:46 AM
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Does Bush tell the truth about anything?
I'm serious, I'm starting to think that Bush lies any time he opens his mouth. Some of it might be called "spin", but it's a serious distortion of reality, thus a lie. Some of the things he says are so incredibly ridiculous, that I can't even find the words to explain the absurdity of it, like when he would talk about a "strong dollar", when it's at a record low against the Euro? :wtf:

On the Daily Show once, John Stewart was talking about how any speech or appearance Bush makes, usually the whole audience and definitely anyone who is allowed to address the Chimp or ask him a question is carfully screened and made sure to not ask any tough questions, etc. He compared Bush's life to the movie "The Truman Show", which really isn't a stretch, except for that Bush is much more aware of what's going on and chooses to see things delusionally.

BTW, the Iraq election was a "resounding success". :wtf:
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katmondoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 11:49 AM
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1. He has never, ever told the truth about anything
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MisterLiberal Donating Member (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 11:49 AM
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2. Easy answer: NO
Bush doesn't even know what he's gonna say until Rove hands him the paper. In that manner, it could technically be yes, but since the final responsibility is HIS, it's still NO.
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aden_nak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 11:52 AM
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3. Sometimes he says his name is "George W. Bush". True as far as I know.
But that's about it. I mean, other times he tells the truth, but it's never on purpose. ;)
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 11:54 AM
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4. He can't!
It is virtually impossible for him to tell the truth.
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DemGirl7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 11:57 AM
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5. It's impossible for Bush to tell the truth...or he will explode. n/t
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melissinha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 11:59 AM
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6. Aw come on he tells the truth sometimes
Edited on Mon Jan-31-05 12:01 PM by melissinha
"I love my wife."

"I am proud of my accomplishments"


Well thats about it. When has nothing to do with shit and when it has to do about his feeble opinions. Otherwise he is full of contradiction.

"Freedom, by its nature, must be chosen, and defended by citizens, and sustained by the rule of law and the protection of minorities."
Yeah try and really stand up for this... let the Ohio vote be truly examined, you hypocrit. If you have nothing to hide.. But you have so many things to hide.

And all that crap about Tyrranny... um yeah the way that the citizens who oppose his hypocritical speeches and actions.... we have to put up with and cannot challenge anything the GOP wants... sounds close to tyrrany if you ask me... absolute power....

So excuse me if I demand that people EARN respect before I give it to them, its my right.

Oh yeah stupid bumber stickers saying you support the troops which is an endorsement for Bush..... Um lets try supporting the troops with proper equipment....
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fliesincircles Donating Member (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 12:00 PM
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7. One time
when he stated along the lines of

"They never stop thinking of ways to harm our people, and neither do we."
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TexasLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 12:16 PM
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11. Good one !!!
I was about to say "No" but I had forgotten about this gem.
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:16 PM
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19. and don't forget this one ...
"You know I could run for governor but I'm basically a media creation. I've never done anything."
-- Dubya in 1989
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MsAnthropy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 12:01 PM
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8. It is pathological--he lies when he doesn't have to
and when it can be easily checked--he doesn't care. One of his most ludicrous lies was when he claimed not to know who Key Lay is, when he had been bestest friends and co-conspirators for over a decade.
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roenyc Donating Member (824 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 12:06 PM
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9. at this point i think he believes all he says is true
he is not all there in the head ya know.
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wishlist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 12:09 PM
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10. He is extremely adept at dodging, evading and not being pinned down
Bush is quite brilliant in his ability to not be trapped into either giving truthful honest answers that would get him in trouble OR blatant lies that can be held against him. He has mastered a bag of tricks including doublespeak, generalities and a flustered bumbling demeanor to avoid answering questions.
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priller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 12:50 PM
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13. Yes, shows that Bush is very clever in some things
For example, he was very careful to not say "Saddam was behind 9/11", but he said enough things like "9/11 showed us that we have to deal with people like Saddam" that at one point 70% of Americans did think Saddam was behind 9/11, and not bin Laden.

Bush knows what he's saying. He knows he's lying. Despite the bumbling and mispronunciations and stuttering, he knows what he's doing when it's time to mislead.
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 12:23 PM
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12. Are we even sure is name is really George?
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Kitsune Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 12:54 PM
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14. "We will not have an all-volunteer army."
Occasionally, not even the mighty shitstain himself can sustain the act of lying 24/7.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 01:00 PM
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15. Well, he kept *one* campaign promise: tax cuts
The one thing he *should* have flip-flopped on!
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Iggytop Donating Member (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 02:06 PM
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16. Is this a trick question ???? N/T
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rman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 02:09 PM
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17. It's Orwellian: say one thing, do the opposite
because people do fall more easily for a big lie than for a small one.
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:25 PM
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18. He doesn't know how to tell the truth-that's a pathological liar for ya.
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jdots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:23 PM
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20. 3 things he tells the truth about,you libral commies
#1 " I have to make a poo-poo and tinkle "
#2 " I am sleepy mommy "
#3 " Laura I am hungry "
see he is human in a toddler kind of way.
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snippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:26 PM
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21. Well . . .
Except for the American media the entire world knows that Bush is one of the most compulsive and incessant liar in the history of American politics.

There is no subject so somber, serious, or shallow that Bush will not lie about it. The only other option is not to lie. And that apparently is something Bush can not do.

For example, without including any lies of the last several months:

Bush says he fell off his bicycle because of the heavy rains and he watched on television on the morning of 9/11 as the first plane hit the first WTC tower and John McCain has an illegitimate Negro daughter and Bush would veto McCain-Feingold and the yawning boy was not there and was not yawning and besides he was standing some place else and Richard Clarke had complete access to Bush and Rice which proves that Clarke was out of the loop which is Clinton's fault but the White House revealed that Clarke briefed the press on background about Bush fighting terrorism which means that unnamed White House sources may not be identified even when Bush wants to and everyone except Bush himself knows where he was during his National Guard service but it was Clinton's fault that Bush did not show up for duty which was after Bush volunteered to go to Viet Nam but before he was no longer required to take a flight physical and about the same time that God ordered him to smite Saddam because the 70 lines of embryonic stem cells and more arsenic in the water and more mercury in the air and the completely safe air in New York City folowing 9/11 prove that republican science is better than sound science and the Bush administration did not illegally conspire to illegally reveal the identity of a covert CIA operative which resulted in 2 million new jobs being created because democrats support terrorism and are not good Americans just as the Jews were not good Germans which is why Bush said he would veto the creation of both the Department of Homeland Security and the 9/11 Commission but now claims credit for their creation and the White House cooperated with the 9/11 Commission which is why the White House withheld documents and called the republicans on the Commission before Clarke testified and why the White House did not coordinate the attacks on the integrity and bipartisanship of the Commission and why Bush and Cheney negotiated with the Commission that the two of them would testfy one time only but never again since the dental xrays prove that Bush spoke with the CIA director everyday and did not ignore either the repeated warnings of the dangers of al Qaeda and Osama or the August 2001 intelligence briefing specifically warning of the upcoming 9/11 attacks because the United States is a nation with a mission and that mission is to bring freedom to every single person in the world which will cut the deficit in half if you do not count those parts of the deficit which will increase under Bush which is Clinton's fault but the boxes from China were labeled "Made in USA" which resulted in 2.6 million new jobs being created even though the $400 billion Medicare prescription drug decorative turkey was not labeled $550 billion and was passed without bribery or criminal deception and was not criminally promoted by the Bush administration using taxpayers' money for propaganda purposes which proves that government spending under Bush has gone down if you do not count the increased government spending under Bush which is Clinton's fault just as acts of terrorism have decreased since 9/11 if you do not count the increase in the number of acts of terrorism and Bush's plane to Baghdad was spotted because before Saddam bought the uranium and became an "urgent" but not an imminent threat which is Clinton's fault Bush had no plans on his desk to invade Iraq since the invasion was not planned before Bush took office even though it was the subject of his first national security council meeting in February 2001 and in December 2001 when plans for the invasion were being finalized Bush said he was focused on the military operations in Afghanistan and then the Carrier Costume Party was too far offshore for the Navy to make a large enough "Mission Accomplished" banner to describe the WMD we have found in Iraq some of which Saddam was giving to Osama for following Saddam's plans and using Iraqi hijackers on 9/11 which is Clinton's fault but everyone who pays income taxes got a tax cut which created 3 million new jobs and allowed Iraqi oil revenue to pay for the cost of the reconstruction of Iraq after the invasion by a small number of troops who would be greeted with floral program related activities except for the dead and wounded troops who are being brought home secretly which is Clinton's fault since Bush is the one who hugs the mothers and the widows and the wives and the kids and since Bush does not watch television news he did not know about the republican torture pranks occurring in Iraq until he saw the pictures while watching television news and that is why Bush who will use the jawbone of an ass to force OPEC to open the spigots and who is responsible for good economic numbers but not bad economic numbers which are Clinton's fault wrote the poem that he did not write blaming Laura for dropping the dog.

Ridiculing Bush for his compulsive and incessant lying needs to become common.

FIRE THE LIAR




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Berserker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:35 PM
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22. I heard a rumor
once that he had told the truth but nobody has ever caught him at it.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:40 PM
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23. Saying Bush tells the truth
about something is like saying he was Jesus reincarnated. :crazy:
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