Comments on: How do you keep track of your president?

How do you keep track of your president?

?! — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:48:27 -0800

How do you keep track of your president? "I believe everyone should be held responsible for their own personal behavior." -- George Bush. Moveon agrees. They're helping track what was said, who said it, and if it is true.

By: ahimsakid

ahimsakid — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:08:42 -0800

Thanks for an interesting link! ?! Their full analysis of his misleading State of the Onion is found here. It provides a fairly reasonable summary of his pattern of decption and should be pointed out to our friends and neighbors who believe the Resident is something more than a lying sack 'o shit.

By: RylandDotNet

RylandDotNet — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:14:53 -0800

See "converted, preaching to"

By: namespan

namespan — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:15:30 -0800

Will they point out things he's told the truth about? It would increase credibility. I myself find that I'm disinclined to believe anything he says. The funny thing is, though, if you listen to him carefully, you realize that he actually is telling you in general terms what his administration's agenda is.

By: namespan

namespan — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:16:56 -0800

And what RylandDotNet said.

By: fletchmuy

fletchmuy — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:20:07 -0800

"State of the Onion" Is that a Freudian typo?

By: ahimsakid

ahimsakid — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:21:15 -0800

Didn't mean to get in the pulpit. I was trying to say that such a compilation is useful to those of us who might be engaged in debate this next year.

By: tomplus2

tomplus2 — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:21:58 -0800

Sixteen untrue words in the President's State of the Union message helped push American into war with Iraq. Helped push? I think there were other people also involved in pushing a war resolution.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:23:16 -0800

The Latest Administration Whoppers

By: ahimsakid

ahimsakid — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:23:38 -0800

No typo fletchmuy. When you peel away an onion's layers you get nothing at all. (Also see: the Onion)

By: lowlife

lowlife — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:52:05 -0800

Personally, I think that this picture taken on Friday says it all. :D

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 14:10:17 -0800

Why oh why can't they come out with a Miss Leader? That'd be ever so much cooler.

By: Danf

Danf — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 14:13:47 -0800

Does it involve snakes?

By: xian

xian — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:14:40 -0800

Then there are the artfully crafted weasel-worded statements that might be technically accurate (cf. Clinton era) but are designed to convey untruths, such as saying that Iraq posessed and used weapons of mass destruction to imply that we have proved any recent possession.

By: AstroGuy

AstroGuy — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:21:17 -0800

Wow. Where are all the snarky ones to complain about this post after getting my first (and only) FPP nuked recently?

By: bshort

bshort — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:59:15 -0800

Astroguy: It's a benevolent dictatorship over here. If you got complainin' to do, talk to the man in charge.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:04:09 -0800

FWIW, AstroGuy, when I got the notice about this in the mail, I thought of posting it, but didn't think it front-page worthy (sorry, ?!) - I did think it would be a good addition to some Bush thread, so I came to see if there was an appropriate one, and it was at the top of the front page. That said, it is a little different case - and according to Matt, yours was a double post as well. Back on topic: Anyone who hasn't clicked on the image lowlife posted oughta do so. It's perfect.

By: rough ashlar

rough ashlar — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:47:04 -0800

Why can't this effort be more broad-based? Set up so it can track any 'promise', mis-statement, or outright lie of the government?

By: graventy

graventy — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:49:59 -0800

Here is my photoshop of the Bush 'Salute'. http://brettsky.com/bushsalute.gif

By: ?!

?! — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:15:49 -0800

It's ok soyjoy. I'm 188 MeFites younger than you and still prone to impertinent front page posts. rough: I don't think there is enough time or web space to track all that.