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August 31, 2004
He's a Liar. Say It.

Now, in the end I don't really care about this stupid quote throwing game. George Bush says stupid things, like, all the time. Most politicians say stupid things. He says stupid things more often than most. Generally, I'm much more concerned about his actual policy of Destroying Everything That I Hold Dear than his little verbal gaffes.

But the problem is that often they're not just verbal gaffes, they're just plain lies. Lies I'm not a fan of. And when this douche lies and the media just lets him get away with it, I have a hard time keeping my food down. It's not a good feeling. I like my food down.

So when Bush said about the War on Terra on Sunday, "I don't think you can win it." it wasn't a gaffe. It's not like when he deliberately mispronounces nuclear or accidentally let's slip that he's trying to destroy our country. "I don't think you can win it" is an unambiguous statement, but it generated some bad press because he has often said previously that we were winning and would win the War on Terra. Bad press is, well, bad, so it's time for some flip-floppin'.

"In this different kind of war, we may never sit down at a peace table," Mr. Bush told the American Legion delegates. "But make no mistake about it, we are winning and we will win."

Later, in an interview with the conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh, Mr. Bush elaborated further. "What I meant was that this is not a conventional war," he said from Iowa. "It is a different kind of war. We're fighting people who have got a dark ideology who use terrorists, terrorism, as a tool."

After telling Mr. Limbaugh that "I probably needed to be a little more articulate" in his initial comments, which he had made in an interview with Matt Lauer of the NBC program "Today" program, the president went on to say: "Really what I was saying to Lauer was, is that this is not the kind of war where you sit down and sign a peace treaty. It's a totally different kind of war. But we will win it."

New York Times

This isn't a clarification, it's a lie. That's not what he was saying to Lauer. Saying "I don't think we can win it" does not mean "We will win it, but not in a traditional peace treaty kind of way" - it means "I don't think we can win it."

The irony, of course, is that it was one of the few things the jackass has ever said that happens to be true.

In order to show John Kerry as a flip-flopper, the Republicans are constantly taking what he says completely out of context, quoting partial statements, and all kinds of nasty little tricks. This statement by Bush is clear and concise, yet they still can't resist lying about it when it doesn't go over well.

And the worst part? It works.

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