Re: An oasis on the moon?

From: Erik Max Francis (max_at_alcyone.com)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:13:27 -0800

howard@brazee.net wrote:

> But I didn't say Bush lied about that fight - I just said he lied. If you
> believe someone can become President without lying, tell me so. Do you
> believe everything he has said in his campaigns?

If your contention is that no politician can ever become President of
the United States without lying, then what information content is there
in pointing out that a sitting President has lied? It becomes a
completely pointless observation if you're saying that it's a
prerequisite. So what value is there in saying it? If Bush was a liar,
then Clinton was a liar too, and so was Kennedy, and so was George
Washington. Then, so what? 

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