Comments on: “Misplaced Words” - the New Defense for Political Lying http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/05/18/misplaced-words-the-new-defense-for-political-lying/ Author James Bovard Tue, 22 May 2012 20:37:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/05/18/misplaced-words-the-new-defense-for-political-lying/#comment-127490 Jim Sun, 30 May 2010 03:02:50 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1779#comment-127490 Bridgewater? Bridgewater?

]]> By: Dirk W. Sabin http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/05/18/misplaced-words-the-new-defense-for-political-lying/#comment-127484 Dirk W. Sabin Sat, 29 May 2010 20:45:26 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1779#comment-127484 "misplaced words".....oh gosh where is they Toto? “misplaced words”…..oh gosh where is they Toto?

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/05/18/misplaced-words-the-new-defense-for-political-lying/#comment-123788 Jim Wed, 19 May 2010 13:32:38 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1779#comment-123788 Tom - excellent point! I had missed the earlier NYT headline - it is a three-star hoot. The Washington Post has an article today that goes so easily on Blumenthal that you would think he was still serving as an assistant to Post publisher Kay Graham (as he did during one of his draft deferments). Tom - excellent point! I had missed the earlier NYT headline - it is a three-star hoot.

The Washington Post has an article today that goes so easily on Blumenthal that you would think he was still serving as an assistant to Post publisher Kay Graham (as he did during one of his draft deferments).

]]> By: Tom Blanton http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/05/18/misplaced-words-the-new-defense-for-political-lying/#comment-123774 Tom Blanton Wed, 19 May 2010 03:43:03 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1779#comment-123774 ...other nations that AREN'T allied with the American government …other nations that AREN’T allied with the American government

]]> By: Tom Blanton http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/05/18/misplaced-words-the-new-defense-for-political-lying/#comment-123773 Tom Blanton Wed, 19 May 2010 03:41:56 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1779#comment-123773 The headline from the first NY Times article was also worthy of a few chuckles: "Candidate’s Words on Vietnam Service Differ From History" http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blumenthal.html Blumenthal may have misplaced some words and those words might differ from history, but that doesn't mean he is a liar. Aren't you jumping to conclusions when you talk about his "lies", Jim? In America, politicians never lie. They merely create a reality that differs from the reality others are experiencing. To say they lie suggests that politicians are dishonest and we all know that would undermine government. It is only in other nations that politicians tell lies and only in other nations that allied with the American government. The headline from the first NY Times article was also worthy of a few chuckles:

“Candidate’s Words on Vietnam Service Differ From History”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blumenthal.html

Blumenthal may have misplaced some words and those words might differ from history, but that doesn’t mean he is a liar. Aren’t you jumping to conclusions when you talk about his “lies”, Jim?

In America, politicians never lie. They merely create a reality that differs from the reality others are experiencing. To say they lie suggests that politicians are dishonest and we all know that would undermine government. It is only in other nations that politicians tell lies and only in other nations that allied with the American government.

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