[bvw]

Hearsay?

The words of trusted friends and associates is NOT hearsay.

You know not "trust" or "reliability" or "integrity", do you? You don't seem to be able to make distinctions between the words of a person known to be a reliable witness and a honest observer -- known by long assoiciation, by a studied verification of that person's habit, and ones who allow fancy and temper to sway and distort every word out of their mouths. The later type know you well, eh?

[George W. Bush]

The words of trusted friends and associates is NOT hearsay.

It is hearsay. This is why no court will accept it as evidence.

He did not swear that his friends told him that they knew Kerry lied and exaggerated. He was offering sworn testimony that he knew it personally. And he then publicly confessed that it wasn't true when he was found out.