WHY aren't the LIES told by the current administration (read: bush) getting more attention?

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dcpsoguy

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Originally posted by: Finality
Originally posted by: Electrode
WHY aren't the LIES told by the current administration (read: bush) getting more attention?

Because depicting Bush as anything but an infallable superhuman leader gets you labled "unamerican".

Yes exactly. Now that Bush is in power making a statement about what he did badly is viewed as tratorous.

Umm, where did you hear this? If you are talking about Daschle, then yes, this is out of bad tase.
 

lupy

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Originally posted by: dcpsoguy
Originally posted by: lupy
Originally posted by: dcpsoguy
All you liberals must spout lies all the time. Clinton was impeached, but not removed from office. No matter how you try to compare what Bush has done compared to Clinton, you will never get far at all. The facts are there, Clinton avoided Vietnam, had an affair, lied under oath, and sent nuclear secrets to China. Shall I go on?

Like I said before in another thread, show me proof of him giving away nuclear secrets to China!

Linkified once again

Check out my edited post above, again this link you provided is from May 1999, that's when the first story broke out, it has since been disproven, Wen Ho Lee is acquited.
 

Spamela

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Originally posted by: Electrode
WHY aren't the LIES told by the current administration (read: bush) getting more attention?

Because depicting Bush as anything but an infallable superhuman leader gets you labled "unamerican".


can i jump in the fire?

my theory, as i've stated, is that for many people the new motto is "Bush said it, I believe it, that settles it."
 

kadajawi

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1.) What does it matter? I believe a link was shown, but it is irrelavent. It doesn't matter one way or another. The point is that Saddam is looking to build up his forces just like Germany did in the 20's and 30's. They are buying lots of weapons and trying to consolidate their power.
Uh... but aren't there many other countries doing the same?
Aren't there many countries with nuclear weapons? To list a few: Russia, China, India, Pakistan, UK, France, Germany (only missiles iirc), USA, and maybe North Korea. So...? Why doesn't Bush attack North Korea? Oh... right, because they can shoot back. Is this the message of it? Go, get yourself nuclear weapons as fast as possible before Bush's gonna bomb you? Looks a bit like that, huh?

And one more thing: the Republicans are christians afaik, right? So... what did the pope said? Hmm... let me see, I think it was something like "Bush's gonna have to explain his actions to god". Hmm... does this sound like god agrees with Bush? And, IIRC the pope is representing god on earth... issn't he?
 

zhena

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Originally posted by: XZeroII
Originally posted by: zhena
ok, this is not another dump on bush thread.
1. There is a link between bin laden and saddam.
THIS IS FALSE! so says the CIA. No, I am not one to say that saddam wouldn't work with bin laden.
But the fact is this just hasn't happened. Bush promised to provide proof of this when the time came right?
well where is the proof? the time has come. Can any one site one fact that shows this to be true?

2. THIS I THINK IS THE MOST EMBARASSMENT LIE Iraq has been trying to buy African uranium.
Bush even said it in his STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH. THIS IS TOTALY FALSE AND IS AN EMBARASSMENT.
The so called proof of this was given by the US and UK to the UN. And the UN looked at the papers and said this is false.
They not only said it, they proved it. One of the papers was signed by a leader who is no longer in power, but was in power
in the 1980's. The other signature in a different document was simply not the signature of the person who?s name appeared on the dotted line.

3. The centrifuges that saddam got was to advanced the nuclear program in Iraq.
Now i am not claiming that iraq doesn't want to get nukes more than ever.
But once again this is simply false! The UN inspectors and every coherent document on this matter says that you can't do
sh!t with those centrifuges.
1.) What does it matter? I believe a link was shown, but it is irrelavent. It doesn't matter one way or another. The point is that Saddam is looking to build up his forces just like Germany did in the 20's and 30's. They are buying lots of weapons and trying to consolidate their power.

2.) I haven't heard of them trying to buy uranium from Africa (I didn't listen to his SOTU), but there is evidence that they have nuclear material. After the first gulf war, they found enriched uranium. Why would he just abandon his research on the subject? The point is that he is trying to acquire more nuclear material (sorry, no proof).

3.) Just because the inspectors found some cheap centifuges doesn't mean that Iraq isn't trying to enrich or obtain enriched Uranium.

A lack of proof does not mean that Saddam is innocent. Bush has some very strong circumstancial evidence against Saddam. It's like someone having a gun behind their shirt and pointing it at you. There is no direct proof that the gun exists (it could be a marker or something), but that doesn't mean that you aren't going to give the person all your money. The same is true here. We have no direct evidence that Saddam has these weapons, but we can see the gun through his shirt (although he isn't pointing it at anyone). This is a convicted felon with a gun here. Wouldn't you be uneasy? My point is that Bush isn't lying. It's like playing telephone. Bush says something and the media interprets it a certain way and relays that info to the public. The public then interprets it again and suddenly you start seeing little holes in what is going on. Compound that with the fact that you are dealing with circumstantial evidence to begin with and everything starts looking like lies. I'm not saying that everything Bush says is the truth, but when it comes to this war with Iraq, he has been as honest as he can be.

XZeroII, I think you just made my point for me...

Of course iraq has WMD. thats not a question. And Saddam is by no way innocent. I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT.
BUT its not like playing telephone. I BROUGHT UP specific points that bush made flat out. That are wrong.
And I don't understand why people aren't outraged about this.
I think there is a general feeling that because Saddam is a bad guy it's ok to lie about him cuz its all for a good effort,
but thats just ridiculous.

Now, links have already been provided by other people, thanx guys.
And Yes, i the mi6 copying the entire document from a student, I did know about that.
 

bjc112

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Originally posted by: 3L33T32003
WHY aren't the LIES told by the current administration (read: bush) getting more attention?

Because the term "liberal" media is the biggest lie of all.

Why is this easy to see?
Clinton/Gore could not fart without it being turned into a scandal.

Meanwhile, our coke using, alcoholic draft dodger in the White House gets a free ride.

Your an idiot.

 

LH

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Maybe Im forgetfull, but I though Bush said Iraq has ties to terrorists(which they do, and is well documented), not just al qieda.

Intellegence is sometimes faulty. The information about the african uranium, was given to the British. Bush didnt lie, he probably never even saw the documents, he was just going be the information the British had, unless you believe in conspiracies.

The third point is debateable. I can bet the US could use those very same centrifuges to enrich uranium if we really wanted to.

The US was right about alot of stuff. For example, the drones.
 
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Originally posted by: dcpsoguy
All you liberals must spout lies all the time. Clinton was impeached, but not removed from office. No matter how you try to compare what Bush has done compared to Clinton, you will never get far at all. The facts are there, Clinton avoided Vietnam, had an affair, lied under oath, and sent nuclear secrets to China. Shall I go on?

Jesus Christ, have you not been paying attention to who's in office now? Bush avoided Vietnam, had a DUI, lied to start a war, and God knows what else. I'm sure he'll do enough to trump Clinton before his term is over, if he hasn't already and it hasn't been exposed or people like yourself are just too blind to see it.
 

bjc112

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Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Originally posted by: dcpsoguy
All you liberals must spout lies all the time. Clinton was impeached, but not removed from office. No matter how you try to compare what Bush has done compared to Clinton, you will never get far at all. The facts are there, Clinton avoided Vietnam, had an affair, lied under oath, and sent nuclear secrets to China. Shall I go on?

Jesus Christ, have you not been paying attention to who's in office now? Bush avoided Vietnam, had a DUI, lied to start a war, and God knows what else. I'm sure he'll do enough to trump Clinton before his term is over, if he hasn't already and it hasn't been exposed or people like yourself are just too blind to see it.

Oh lord a DUI,

20 years ago.

I hate to say it but jesus christ you guys are pathetic...

If you are too blind to see the threat of iraq and the need for him to be removed then you my friend are blind to the facts...
 

conjur

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Originally posted by: bjc112


Oh lord a DUI,

20 years ago.

I hate to say it but jesus christ you guys are pathetic...

If you are too blind to see the threat of iraq and the need for him to be removed then you my friend are blind to the facts...

Yeah...they weren't complaining about Clinton trying to redirect attention from his woes when he lobbed those cruise missiles.
rolleye.gif
 

Alistar7

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Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Oh man this is terrible. A word to all you Republican knee-jerkers who spew Clinton at every critique of your Ivory God, you are just setting Democrats up with a perfect shield when the time comes to their President. They will just point to the liar Bush and that will be the end of the discussion. What a stupid thing to do. Sorry.

nobody ever accused the right of being intelligent...
 

conjur

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Originally posted by: Alistar7
Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Oh man this is terrible. A word to all you Republican knee-jerkers who spew Clinton at every critique of your Ivory God, you are just setting Democrats up with a perfect shield when the time comes to their President. They will just point to the liar Bush and that will be the end of the discussion. What a stupid thing to do. Sorry.

nobody ever accused the right of being intelligent...

Nor moonbeam.

ba-da-bum!

Sorry...couldn't resist ;)
 
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Originally posted by: bjc112
Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Originally posted by: dcpsoguy
All you liberals must spout lies all the time. Clinton was impeached, but not removed from office. No matter how you try to compare what Bush has done compared to Clinton, you will never get far at all. The facts are there, Clinton avoided Vietnam, had an affair, lied under oath, and sent nuclear secrets to China. Shall I go on?

Jesus Christ, have you not been paying attention to who's in office now? Bush avoided Vietnam, had a DUI, lied to start a war, and God knows what else. I'm sure he'll do enough to trump Clinton before his term is over, if he hasn't already and it hasn't been exposed or people like yourself are just too blind to see it.

Oh lord a DUI,

20 years ago.

I hate to say it but jesus christ you guys are pathetic...

If you are too blind to see the threat of iraq and the need for him to be removed then you my friend are blind to the facts...

If Iraq is such a threat, if G.W. is so just in his cause, why on God's green earth does he have to spew lies and propaganda to justify it for anyone else? I bet OBL is having a huge chuckle over this. G.W. played right into his hands using 9/11 as an excuse to invade Iraq. And in doing so Bush:
1. has pissed away all the international support we had after 9/11
2. is increasing anti-American sentiment at an unbelievable rate
3. has created huge rifts in the U.N. and NATO
Not to mention his administration is continually stripping US citizens of our rights and liberties and spreading more FUD about terrorism than the terrorsits themselves.

And by the way, I don't label myself liberal or conservative, republican or democrat, I just call things like I see them. All you idiots that do label yourselves and let that blind your judgement and define your alginments are the pathetic ones.
 

kadajawi

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wow, finally someone I can 100% agree with. Gonad, you're right.

Anyway... have you came to the idea that american media is trying to support Bush (ok... maybe not all). Its the same in other countries. Some newspapers are pro-american, some anti-american (I must admit that the latter one applies more often). It is always interesting to have a look at what the press is saying outside your country. Everything can be turned to be for or against something. (never trust a statistic you haven't faked yourself).
 

GRagland

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Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Originally posted by: bjc112
Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Originally posted by: dcpsoguy
All you liberals must spout lies all the time. Clinton was impeached, but not removed from office. No matter how you try to compare what Bush has done compared to Clinton, you will never get far at all. The facts are there, Clinton avoided Vietnam, had an affair, lied under oath, and sent nuclear secrets to China. Shall I go on?

Jesus Christ, have you not been paying attention to who's in office now? Bush avoided Vietnam, had a DUI, lied to start a war, and God knows what else. I'm sure he'll do enough to trump Clinton before his term is over, if he hasn't already and it hasn't been exposed or people like yourself are just too blind to see it.

Oh lord a DUI,

20 years ago.

I hate to say it but jesus christ you guys are pathetic...

If you are too blind to see the threat of iraq and the need for him to be removed then you my friend are blind to the facts...

If Iraq is such a threat, if G.W. is so just in his cause, why on God's green earth does he have to spew lies and propaganda to justify it for anyone else? I bet OBL is having a huge chuckle over this. G.W. played right into his hands using 9/11 as an excuse to invade Iraq. And in doing so Bush:
1. has pissed away all the international support we had after 9/11
2. is increasing anti-American sentiment at an unbelievable rate
3. has created huge rifts in the U.N. and NATO
Not to mention his administration is continually stripping US citizens of our rights and liberties and spreading more FUD about terrorism than the terrorsits themselves.

And by the way, I don't label myself liberal or conservative, republican or democrat, I just call things like I see them. All you idiots that do label yourselves and let that blind your judgement and define your alginments are the pathetic ones.

amen!
 

Moonbeam

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Conservatives scream like stuck pigs. You can't say anything in the media that's even mildly liberal and they start screaming and threatening the networks the PBS funding, the advertizers, everybody. This is a right winged capitalist society run and financed by people with money at stake. Every reporter self sensors because he wants a job. Look at the kiss assed press core that shows up to throw Bush soft balls every time he speaks to them. Murdock is trying to silence hollywood now. people are like frogs an a slowly heating pot. They'll be cooked before they even know it.
 

bjc112

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Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Originally posted by: bjc112
Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Originally posted by: dcpsoguy
All you liberals must spout lies all the time. Clinton was impeached, but not removed from office. No matter how you try to compare what Bush has done compared to Clinton, you will never get far at all. The facts are there, Clinton avoided Vietnam, had an affair, lied under oath, and sent nuclear secrets to China. Shall I go on?

Jesus Christ, have you not been paying attention to who's in office now? Bush avoided Vietnam, had a DUI, lied to start a war, and God knows what else. I'm sure he'll do enough to trump Clinton before his term is over, if he hasn't already and it hasn't been exposed or people like yourself are just too blind to see it.

Oh lord a DUI,

20 years ago.

I hate to say it but jesus christ you guys are pathetic...

If you are too blind to see the threat of iraq and the need for him to be removed then you my friend are blind to the facts...

If Iraq is such a threat, if G.W. is so just in his cause, why on God's green earth does he have to spew lies and propaganda to justify it for anyone else? I bet OBL is having a huge chuckle over this. G.W. played right into his hands using 9/11 as an excuse to invade Iraq. And in doing so Bush:
1. has pissed away all the international support we had after 9/11
2. is increasing anti-American sentiment at an unbelievable rate
3. has created huge rifts in the U.N. and NATO
Not to mention his administration is continually stripping US citizens of our rights and liberties and spreading more FUD about terrorism than the terrorsits themselves.

And by the way, I don't label myself liberal or conservative, republican or democrat, I just call things like I see them. All you idiots that do label yourselves and let that blind your judgement and define your alginments are the pathetic ones.


Passed away international support?

Hmm why are there now 30 countries supporting it, may not be sending troops, but never the less...

The U.N. is totally irrelevant if it cannot hold a promise.

and it seems that if about 75% of the nation supports it, it is just by our standards.
 

bjc112

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Germany now allows U.S. to use air space... ?

Everyone is breaking down so they can all "chip" in.
 

conjur

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Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Conservatives scream like stuck pigs. You can't say anything in the media that's even mildly liberal and they start screaming and threatening the networks the PBS funding, the advertizers, everybody. This is a right winged capitalist society run and financed by people with money at stake. Every reporter self sensors because he wants a job. Look at the kiss assed press core that shows up to throw Bush soft balls every time he speaks to them. Murdock is trying to silence hollywood now. people are like frogs an a slowly heating pot. They'll be cooked before they even know it.

Hmmm...

Number of journalists covering Whitewater who have been fired, transferred off the beat, resigned or otherwise gotten into trouble because of their work on the scandals (Doug Frantz, Jim Wooten, Richard Behar, Christopher Ruddy, Michael Isikoff, David Eisenstadt, Yinh Chan, Jonathan Broder, James R. Norman, Zoh Hieronimus): 10
 

kadajawi

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Hmm... aren't there contracts about America using German airspace? Anyway, the problem in Germany is that if the chancellor critizises the USA that they start an "attack war" (don't know the english word for it... I'd say war without legal legitimation), they may sue him because he supports the USA (airspace). That would mean at least 10 years jail. That would probably apply to huge parts of the government.
 

Bad Dude

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Why do we need proofs when both of them are terrorists and hate Americans the same and would kill you just as effective. Bin Ladden will blow you us while Saddam will cut your tongue out for fun and rape your women.
Tell me a politician that does not tell lies. It's a matter of who tells the least lies that wins the elections.
 

kadajawi

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reminds me of those times where witches were burned... what for proves? We know she is a witch, lets burn her!!! Or the proofs... if we tie her and throw her into the water, and she floats, she is a witch. If not... well, god bless her soul. I know, this comparison is very "adventurous". I dislike Saddam too, but with a bit more diplomacy towards the rest of the world the US would have MUCH more support, and maybe the war wouldn't have started yet, but in 6 months. But with financial and military support. And maybe with less losses on "our" side. Completely disarm them by the inspectors... a few weapons would be removed, even if they hide some, the less weapons, the less dead.
 

SnapIT

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Originally posted by: bjc112
Germany now allows U.S. to use air space... ?

Everyone is breaking down so they can all "chip" in.

As the thread got moved i remove my post...

I know what will happen otherwise... :)