Re: Bush is either a liar, or an idiot, or both.



John Woodgate wrote:
I read in sci.electronics.design that Fred Bloggs <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote (in <431C9709.8070103@xxxxxxxxxx>) about 'Bush is either a liar, or an idiot, or both.', on Mon, 5 Sep 2005:

The "have gotten" part refers to the results of his first provision and describes what will continue in the future. This was not a lie.


But 'every single day' appears to me to mean from Tuesday, which I think is not so.

Right- he should have said "so that they will get at least one meal every day"- he was still stuck in present perfect tense and is not the brightest person alive - as others have already pointed out.

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