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"abracadabra" <abra@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<bfmk9n$ncm$1@slb6.atl.mindspring.net>...
> "T.Carr" <TCarr13397@aol.com> wrote in message
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> > "abracadabra" <abra@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>  news:<bfho67$ari$1@slb5.atl.mindspring.net>...
> > > "alohacyberian" <alohacyberian@att.net> wrote in message
> > > news:QoZSa.65596$3o3.4373807@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> > > > "Auld Chiel" <ac@keech.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:114RP4nt50NF1r31219b@keech.net...
> > > > > CNN
> > > > >
> > > > > Democrats are launching a television ad that accuses President
> > > > > Bush of misleading Americans on the nuclear threat from Iraq.
> > > > >
> > > > > The ad says: "In his State of the Union address, George W. Bush
> > > > > told us of an imminent threat. ... America took him at his word."
> > > > >
> > > > > The video shows Bush saying, "Saddam Hussein recently sought
> > > > > significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
> > > > >
> > > > > The ad continues: "But now we find out it wasn't true.
> > > > >
> > > > > Republicans claim the ad improperly quotes Bush because his
> > > > > entire statement was: "The British government has learned
> > > > > that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of
> > > > > uranium from Africa."
>  
> > > > If that isn't an illustration of extreme desperation on the part of
>  the
> > > > Democrats, I don't know what is.  Will it backfire?  KM
> > >
> >
> > abracadabra" <abra@hotmail.com
> >
> > > Actually it's Democrats growing a backbone and doing to the Republicans
>  what
> > > they've been doing for years.
> > > One difference - the Democrats don't have to lie
> >
> >   Lies of omission are no different than lies of comission..unless one
> > is a partisan 'dem
> 

abracadabra" <abra@hotmail.com

> A "lie of ommision" in a campaign advertisment is normal in the USA.

  So you admit the 'dem campaign is a lie?
  Its a good beginning

> Certainly they never bothered you when Republicans have used them in past
> campaigns.

  How would you know? I'm not aware of GOP ads that require the
selective parsing and editing to make their point

> However to pretend that the Democrats are being particularly awful for using
> this one is just plain silly.

  Actually the hypocrisy factor provides a high degree of humor. Your
party defends Clinton to the mat, attacks Bush about "lies" and
prompty goes on the offensive with lies of its own

> And I'd bet that you'd agree (if nobody were watching) that using Dubya's
> quote (most of it at least) is a lot more honest then how Dubya and company
> sold the "war"

  Not in the least. Parsing 16 words out of the totality of the
argument is pretty weak and lame.

  The best case for the war was provided by Thomas Freidman (NY
Times). too bad the Administration has a blind eye to everything
published there

                                                                    
T.Carr