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Originally Posted by Paq
Ok, seriously, Clinton lied about a BJ...does that affect me? Does that really affect the country? Oh my god, think of the children...please....
Bush lied about a press conference, lied about reasons for war, etc...does that affect me, the country, everyone?
neither is acceptable, but i'd much rather be at peace with a bj receiving president than having a ton of my friends shipped overseas for a president who wants to be known as a 'war time president'.
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I won't go so far as to say they lied about the war. I think they really, really wanted a particular answer, and they let the evidence fit what they wanted to see. They then turned around and oversold that to the world.
That's just bad management. Horrific management, when you consider the stakes. As someone suggested in another thread, Cheney seems like the kind of boss you don't disagree with. That makes finding results your boss wants to find more likely.
This, however, is pretty plain to me. I recognize I'm tilting at windmills here. No one in the media seems to care. It will never be a big issue. And that's part of what riles me about this.
Partisan politics has come so far, that the office of the president, and the campaign of the president are the same thing. That's sad.
And I hope I'm enough of a person that in 4 years when 'my' candidate does the same crap, I'm credible enough to say so.