Posted on 11/09/2006 10:49:42 AM PST by Muzzle_em
White lies?
Since when is it OK for a president to lie to reporters?
Wasn’t it just last week that the president told reporters that both Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney were staying on their jobs for the next two years?
It was an important question. The president didn’t duck. He didn’t give one of those mealy mouthed, we’ll see answers. He said yes, they’re both staying. And even as he said it, they were getting ready to get rid of Rumsfeld.
He must have known that. He hadn’t talked to Gates yet, but Gates was being vetted for the Defense job at the time. Surely, the president knew that.
Excuse me, but it doesn’t add up to an honest answer.
Am I the only one who’s wondering why it is that the president is allowed to intentionally mislead people, and no one says “boo.”
I know I’m not supposed to say this (my conservative friends get so bent out of shape when liberals accuse the president of “lying” but if the shoe fits….) but is it because we’re so used to it?
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I have no problem with lying for reasons of national security. However in general I think it's bad for the president to lie about political matters.
That is not the issue. Reporters may ask anything, it is the responsibility of the official to exercise judgement. Watch out for accepting false premises.
That is not the issue. Reporters may ask anything, it is the responsibility of the official to exercise judgement. Watch out for accepting false premises.
She needs to read her history books. FDR lied to the American people in November 1940 to win his 3rd term of office. I just sent her an e-mail reminding of this fact.
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