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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:19 AM Original message |
Don't most politicians exaggerate, embellish, misremember? |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. But, she does time and time and time on again on MANY issues ! |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. NAFTA? What else? Is there a pattern here? |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
49. self delete |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. 9/11 Chelsea, SCHIP, Medical Leave Act |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
50. Can we say: Obama's documented lies about NAFTA to Canadian officials? |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. I find it disturbing no matter who does it |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think the m$m would have skewered Obama mercilessly had he |
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susankh4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Oh, don't worry |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. It was a stark bold faced lie |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Some SMIDGEN of truth |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
52. It was an EMBLISHED story....not a fabricated story for christ sake! all politicians campaigns do it |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. From where I sit, it is a doozie.... |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. Thedifference with this ..embelishment...McCain can use it up against his war hero status. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
55. well here's the story McCain and the RW will use against Obama.... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. She could have embellished, but she lied. |
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Jawja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. She told this story 4 times? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. 4 times, that are documented. |
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Jawja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Well I've said before that I think |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. It didn't happen anywhere at all to her, she just made it up. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
10. Perhaps it has |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. This was an easily disprovable lie with multiple eyewitnesses not to mention video clips |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
13. Presidents shouldn't. nt |
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NDambi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. She's been caught PUFFING one to many times...which makes her a liar |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
15. It was a lie. nice try! |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
16. this flap is the least of her negatives |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
18. Politicians embellish when it comes to policy issues. |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
19. valid points! |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
20. It's just kind of over the top. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. The Obama people are just trying to cash in on the universal human foible of faulty memory. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. One does not misremember getting shot at. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. you forget that she pulled back on that comment. Don't act as if Obama hasn't clarified any of his. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I can see you have a hard on to call them lies. But they were obviously not lies. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Yo Perry! Bigtree was supporting your position. nt. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Whoops! Must get more sleep. |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:18 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Yes. You and Hillary both must get more sleep. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. She repeated her claim 4 times. Then plead "sleep deprivation" |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I think Hillary's memory foible is nothing compared to the festering cancer of the Wright scandal. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. When cornered changing the subject is always a good tactic. nt. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:03 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I learned it from the Bamamwammers. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. You have descended from discourse to idiocy. |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Gaffe, fib, embellishment, misspoke, etc. She LIED. Period. |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
23. I think itt very probable it did not happen somewhere else & "too dangerous send 1st lady" is BS |
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WDIM (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
25. She continued to lie about the lie |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
26. He has prevaricated, in several instances. And, likely, will again. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
33. she made it up, she didn't err or misremember. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:05 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I question your logic. You can't know this. |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
38. John Kerry sure did. |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:14 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Them's fighting words! |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Let's get ready to rumblllllllllllllle! |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
54. No he didn't |
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Independent-Voter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
40. Yeah, I'm sure she's been shot at multiple times. Just a "Mis-statement" |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
45. There's exaggeration and then there's exaggeration. |
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Bad Thoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
46. Easier to Swiftboat than Kerry |
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elana i am (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
47. this one's whole cloth. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
48. About getting shot at? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
51. Not about dodging bullets. That goes to character - lack of integrity. eom |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
53. I think I would remember |
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elizm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
56. A lie is a lie is a lie. Live with it. nt |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
57. It's a pattern for her, and some examples are worse than others. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
58. You probably expect us to forgive this guy too. |
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DrFunkenstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
61. Bill Clinton Would Embellish a Story For Effect, Not Base His Credentials On It |
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