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Democratic Underground: Fact Sheet Cataloging Many Lies Told By Bush Admin Re: Firing US Attorneys (w/quotes & sources!)

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:31:41 -0400

Fact Sheet Cataloging Many Lies Told By Bush Admin Re: Firing US Attorneys (w/quotes & sources!)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x463761

Bush: ‘We’ve Never Been Stay The Course’

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:09:59 -0400

"Bush responded, ‘We’ve never been stay the course, George!’ "

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/22/bush-stay-the-course

Article include a fact-checking session:

BUSH: We will stay the course. <8/30/06>

BUSH: We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq. <8/4/05>

BUSH: We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We’re just going to stay the course. <12/15/03>

BUSH: And my message today to those in Iraq is: We’ll stay the course. <4/13/04>

Arch-conservative Web site is questioning whether Representative John Murtha...deserved the combat awards he received in Vietnam

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:00:48 -0500

From The New York Times
"Purple Heartbreakers"
By JAMES WEBB
Published: January 18, 2006

...The accusations against Mr. Murtha were very old news, principally coming from defeated political rivals. Aligned against their charges are an official letter from Marine Corps Headquarters written nearly 40 years ago affirming Mr. Murtha's eligibility for his Purple Hearts - "you are entitled to the Purple Heart and a Gold Star in lieu of a second Purple Heart for wounds received in action" - and the strict tradition of the Marine Corps regarding awards.

Definition of Lie

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 18:57:45 -0500

Bush and the Republicans lie far more often than many of us realize. However, it's often difficult to convince others that they are lying because it's often difficult to find obvious examples. Of course, as we can see from the small, but growing number of submissions in this forum, as time goes on the gap between the truth and what Republicans claim is becoming pretty obvious.
Here are some methods commonly used...

The Big Lie

Bush: "Seven in 10 Iraqis say their lives are going well ..." (Associated Press)

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:03:17 -0500

Lying by Omission

Bush Leaves Out the Bad News in Iraqi Poll

WASHINGTON - President Bush is making selective use of an opinion poll when he tells people that Iraqis are increasingly upbeat.

George W. Bush: "...a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed..." (Buffalo, New York, speech, 2004)

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:54:15 -0500

"Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. It's important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution."
White House Transcript
April 20, 2004

George W Bush: "The assault was primarily led by Iraqi security forces - 11 Iraqi battalions..."

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:07:31 -0500

From The Top 10 Conservative Idiots (No. 224), democraticunderground.com ...Here's what Our Great Leader had to say last week:

The progress of the Iraqi forces is especially clear when the recent anti-terrorist operations in Tal Afar are compared with last year’s assault in Fallujah. In Fallujah, the assault was led by nine coalition battalions made up primarily of United States Marines and Army - with six Iraqi battalions supporting them... This year in Tal Afar, it was a very different story. The assault was primarily led by Iraqi security forces - 11 Iraqi battalions, backed by five coalition battalions providing support.

Donald Rumsfeld: "I never predicted any number of deaths or the cost or the length..."

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:47:01 -0500

From The Top 10 Conservative Idiots (No. 225), democraticunderground.com

Donald Rumsfeld
On PBS' Newshour last week, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the following:

I was very careful. I never predicted any number of deaths or the cost or the length because I've looked at a lot of wars, and anyone who tries to do that is going to find themselves wrong, flat wrong ... I don't know anybody who had any reasonable expectations about the number or the length of the war or the cost of the war. I just don't - no one I know went out and said these are how those three metrics ought to be considered. And you can take it to the bank.

Republicans Lie

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:38:01 -0500

How can we have a civilized debate with a creature that lies so much? We can't believe any of their facts, and must insist on documentary evidence. Lying is infantile and shameful. This is a place to post evidence debunking blatent Republican lies.