Lets start the longest thread: List each lie..

[southernleftylady]

Line by line no duplicates and state who said it when...
this shouldn't be hard... sadly

[eleny]

1. "I'm a uniter, not a divider" - W

[DUgosh]

2. "God told me He wanted me to be President."

According to *

[DUgosh]

" I quit drinking cold turkey" - W

[barb162]

8. yeah, 4000 times

[DUgosh]

10. " I completed my Services honorably" - W

[beyurslf]

3. "I am a compassionate conservative"

GW Bush

[InternalDialogue]

4. January 20, 2001 -- GWB

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

[barb162]

5. Create 320,000 jobs a month through tax cuts

stated about 5 years ago. I think there were 120,000 created last month and most were low-paying junk jobs

[Chipper Chat]

6. "The Clinton administration gave us no help with terrorism"

- Condiment Rice

[southernleftylady]

7. Iraq has weapons of mass destruction..

everyone in this administration

[InternalDialogue]

11. ...and we know where they are.

"They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat."

Rumsfeld, March 30, 2003

[DUyellow]

9. Mission Accomplished

[InternalDialogue]

12. "I come from West Texas"

GWB, 10/3/2000

Edit date

[dipsydoodle]

13. Sure would be along thread

I searched for lies + bush in Yahoo and there are over 24 million links.

I reckon he even being lying when he farts.

[InternalDialogue]

14. "I would take the use of force very seriously." GWB 10/3/2000

MODERATOR: New question. How would you go about as president deciding when it was in the national interest to use U.S. force, generally?

BUSH: Well, if it's in our vital national interest, and that means whether our territory is threatened or people could be harmed, whether or not the alliances are -- our defense alliances are threatened, whether or not our friends in the Middle East are threatened. That would be a time to seriously consider the use of force. Secondly, whether or not the mission was clear. Whether or not it was a clear understanding as to what the mission would be. Thirdly, whether or not we were prepared and trained to win. Whether or not our forces were of high morale and high standing and well-equipped. And finally, whether or not there was an exit strategy. I would take the use of force very seriously. I would be guarded in my approach.

[lisa58]

15. We already counted the votes twice n/t

[InternalDialogue]

16. "I don't think our troops ought to be used for ... nation-building"

GWB 10/3/2000

[Union Thug]

17. Bush - IAEA reports Iraq will have nuke in 6 months n/t

[pagam]

18. another lie is :

I am a christian

[pagam]

19. another one:

The clear sky initiative. nt

[roguevalley]

20. global warming isn't happening- Don Young and every other

dipshit repuke in office today.

[KurtNYC]

21. "Dick Cheney did not have a heart attack" GWB 11/2000

[KurtNYC]

22. "Clinton took the "W" keys off the keyboards" - Whitehouse 1/2001

[Rockholm]

44. That's the one that started it all!

From day fricken ONE!!!

[Rockholm]

45. "I solemnly swear to uphold the Constitution."

[David Zephyr]

53. Thanks for that one, KurtNCY!

:thumbsup:

[blm]

23. Downing Street Memos are old news to those covering WH (Mrs. Greenspan)

She just failed to say that yes the thrust of the Downing Street Memos was old news to them that they chose to NOT REPORT to the American people as it was happening.

Reporters acting as Bush WH first line of defense.

[InternalDialogue]

24. "I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11"

Cheney, Oct. 5, 2004

[TheBaldyMan]

60. preceded by "There are strong links between Al Quaeda & Iraq"

"Iraq has trained Al Qaeda members in bomb-making and poisons and deadly gases."

- Bush in October 2002.



"Saddam Hussein aids and protects terrorists, including members of al Qaeda."

- Bush in January 2003 State of the Union address.



"Iraq has also provided Al Qaeda with chemical and biological weapons training."

- Bush in February 2003.

Stated that the Iraqis were "providing bomb-making expertise and advice to the Al Qaeda organization."

- Cheney in September 2003.



"Saddam had an established relationship with Al Qaeda, providing training to Al Qaeda members in the areas of poisons, gases, making conventional weapons."

- Cheney in October 2003.

Bush said, "The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and Al Qaeda, because there was a relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda."

- June 17, 2004.

[TheBaldyMan]

61. Who could have known the Levees would break ?

[InternalDialogue]

25. "we've never let up on Osama bin Laden from day one"

Cheney, Oct. 5, 2004

[InternalDialogue]

26. "I tried diplomacy"

GWB, Oct. 8, 2004

[Contrary1]

27. "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees."

The Idiot Son: September 2005

Found time to utter this lie after eating cake and playing his brand new geetar.

[Lochloosa]

28. "See, free nations are peaceful nations.:"

"See, free nations are peacful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
the shurb Milwaukee, WI 2003

[bunny planet]

29. the war may last 6 days, 6 weeks, I doubt 6 months.

Donald Rumsfeld

[Ian_rd]

30. Bush: "We are doing everything we can to avoid war in Iraq."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030308-1.html

[blitzburgh55]

31. You're doing a heck of a job Brownie

[blitzburgh55]

32. I will also swear to uphold the honor and the integrity

I will swear to uphold the laws of the land. But I will also swear to uphold the honor and the integrity of the office to which I have been elected, so help me God," said then-Governor George Bush

[Coexist]

33. "a wiretap requires a court order."

“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.

Video from Bradblog

[blitzburgh55]

35. It could not wait to get a warrant

because it needed ”to move quickly to detect" plotting of terrorism between people in the United States and abroad. (President Bush 12/19/05)



The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the President to seek a warrant up to 3 days AFTER initiating the wiretap. The President never sought any such authority after the fact for this program.

[Kurovski]

34. "We had no way of knowing they would use planes as weapons."

oR SOME-SUCH BULLSHIT.

[Hissyspit]

47. Condi Rice AND Ari Fleischer. See Post #46... n/t

[corkhead]

36. "We do not torture" said chimpy, Monday, 7 November 2005

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4415132.stm

[blitzburgh55]

37. Democrats in the House and the Senate had access to the same intelligence

During his Veteran’s Day 2005 address, Bush charged that “ . . more than a hundred Democrats in the House and the Senate -- who had access to the same intelligence -- voted to support removing Saddam Hussein from power. "



The Washington Post extensively analyzed this claim, concluding that: “Bush and his aides had access to much more voluminous intelligence information than did lawmakers, who were ependent on the administration to provide the material…Bush does not share his most sensitive intelligence, such as the President's Daily Brief, with lawmakers.

[kmla]

38. "Ken Lay - he was an Ann Richards supporter."

Liars.

[Laurab]

39. "We are taking every possible step to protect our country from danger"

George W. Bush, from "The Lies of George W. Bush" by David Corn 2003

[AtomicKitten]

40. Skinner doesn't have enough bandwith for an entire list of their lies.

eom

[Laurab]

41. "We have removed an ally of al Qaeda"

GW during his "Mission Accomplished" speech - from "The Lies of George W. Bush" David Corn 2003

This is WAY too easy, I'll have to put the book down and just look at some of the times he opened his mouth!

[quiet.american]

42. We gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them

http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/conason/2003/07/15/bush/index.html

A "darn good" quote that almost nobody quoted "We gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in."

George W. Bush uttered that amazing sentence yesterday to justify the war in Iraq, according to the Washington Post.

What? Yes, I promise that's what the man said. (And by "him," the president clearly meant Saddam Hussein -- not Kim Jong Il, who actually has refused to let international inspectors into North Korea.)

Now a presidential statement so frontally at variance with the universally acknowledged facts obviously presents a problem for the White House press corps. He wasn't joking, and he didn't sound disoriented or unwell. Although Dana Priest and Dana Milbank wrote the story as delicately as they possibly could, they couldn't make it seem less weird:

"The president's assertion that the war began because Iraq did not admit inspectors appeared to contradict the events leading up to war this spring: Hussein had, in fact, admitted the inspectors and Bush had opposed extending their work because he did not believe them effective."

[Hissyspit]

43. "We know where they [WMD] are. They're in the area around Tikrit & Baghdad

... and east, west, south and north somewhat." - Donald Rumsfeld, March 30, 2003, ABC News interview

[Hissyspit]

46. "I don't think anyone could have predicted that these people would take

an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center."- Condoleeza Rice, May 2002

Ari Fleischer echoed her, "Never did we imagine what would take place on Sept. 11 where people use those airplanes as missiles and weapons."

[LeaveIraqNow]

48. Is this limited to Bush?

"Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement." -- Barbara Boxer, November 8, 2002

"The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow." -- Bill Clinton in 1998

"I am absolutely convinced that there are weapons...I saw evidence back in 1998 when we would see the inspectors being barred from gaining entry into a warehouse for three hours with trucks rolling up and then moving those trucks out." -- Clinton's Secretary of Defense William Cohen in April of 2003

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998.

"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998.

"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002.

[Kurovski]

59. Yes, it's a few weeks from an election, we're Democrats, and you're on

Democratic Underground.

Those aren't all lies, some of it is just stupid, and some of it is out of context.

Do you really want to "leave Iraq now", or is that a lie too?

[Kurovski]

49. "We will be treated as liberators."

Ya know, flowers, chocolates, foot-rubs, etc, blah, blah, blah...

Darth Cheney, meet the press, March 16 2003
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/bush/cheneymeetthepress.htm

[Kurovski]

50. "The Iraq war will be paid for by oil field revenues."

Said by Donny Rumsferatu. Seems to have been scrubbed from memory.

[Lasher]

92. "We’re dealing with a country that can finance its own reconstruction"

Paul Wolfowitz

http://www.house.gov/schakowsky/iraqquotes_web.htm

[Kurovski]

51. "Jesus is my favorite political philosopher."

Said by George Bush when asked the question during a debate. Said in order to bamboozle the more unquestioning Christians among us, as well as revealing his "confusion" about just exactly what a "political philosopher" is, and his disregard for the actual words of Christ.

December, 1999

http://archives.cnn.com/1999/ALLPOLITICS/stories/12/15/religion.register/

[Kurovski]

52. "We believe in the sanctity of life."

[David Zephyr]

54. "Saddam recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa"

State of the Union Lie.

[Kurovski]

55. "Regime change in Iraq would facilitate an increase in world oil

which would drive down oil prices"

senior economic adviser Laurence Lindsey, September 2002.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/19/bartlett-caught-in-lie/

[David Zephyr]

56. "I also read three Shakespeares." GW Bush to Brian William

http://www.buzznet.com/tags/bush/video/60719/

[Kurovski]

57. "The air is safe to breath."

EPA, Sept 18, 2001. Regarding Manhattan's air around the fallen twin towers.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0823-03.htm

[Eurobabe]

58. Laura never hit me

it was the pretzel

[Mnemosyne]

62. The Hungry Caterpillar was my favorite book as a child. n/t

[Auntie Bush]

70. And "My Pet Goat" is his favorite as an adult! n/t

[Mnemosyne]

83. Kind of pitiful, isn't it Auntie?!

All that edumacation wasted.

:hi:

[Bucky]

97. Define "child"

Bush may have a loophole defense on this one.

[greiner3]

63. By my sister, she's a fundie; does that count?

10/10/2006 6:30pm

Concerning the fact that Ohio's poverty rate is now about 13%.

"It's all because of the foreigners. They are the ones who are causing the increase in the poverty rates."

I could not say a caomeback at the moment, however I researched this and between single parent homes with the adult working at least part time, that takes care of some 80-90% of the poverty rate in Ohio. My sister, the fundie bigot!

[No Exit]

64. "Kerry threw his medals over the fence."

Said over and over and over by various wingnuts.


You know who REALLY "threw his medals over the fence"? Wanna know who REALLY did? John McCain, that's who. Metaphorically speaking, that is. McCain gained honor by being a POW in Vietnam and he has SQUANDERED every bit of it by apologizing for this criminal of a president we have. Just 5 minutes ago I saw a clip of him apologizing for, and defending, Shrub, YET AGAIN.

McCain must NEVER be president!:rant:

[No Exit]

66. Mark Foley, D-Florida

Faux News and AP.

[lumberjack_jeff]

82. Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies,

... justice will be done.

George Bush, September 20th, 2001.

Failing both of those objectives, bringing INjustice back home will have to do.

[Frustratedlady]

65. Did not know lobbyist, Jack Abramoff.

[Kurovski]

76. George W Bush not a friend of Enron's Kenneth Lay.

Or "Kenny Boy" as Bush called him.

[No Exit]

67. "Jack Abramoff gave money to both democrats and republicans."

Said by Tweety and by numerous other republicans, until someone hit them with a shoe in the face or something.

[No Exit]

68. "We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud."

Said by Condomleezza Rice, the same person who also denied she was warned in July 2001, by George Tenet, about terrorists flying commercial airliners into buildings.

[AnnieBW]

69. We'll Get The People That Did This - Dead Or Alive

Yeah, where IS Osama, anyway?

[Sweet Freedom]

71. Private Jessica Lynch was "rescued "

from a hospital in Nasiriya by American special forces

[Sweet Freedom]

72. W:

Those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons - they're wrong. We found them

[ncteechur]

73. Brownie did a heckuva job!

[Auntie Bush]

74. Before the Iraq war..."I have no plans on my desk to invade Iraq"

He said that repeatedly and every time I said to self, "Right, they're under my desk" or "They're on Dick Cheney's desk". Me, myself and I had lots of good laughs. :rofl:

[Contrary1]

75. "...this is working very well for them."

Babs "Beautiful Mind" Bush: On a tour of hurricane relief centers in Houston 9/5/05

"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--(insert chuckle here) this is working very well for them."

[highnooner]

77. Mission Accomplished!

[Kurovski]

78. "We don't believe in nation-building"

said during debates in 2000 election.

[kdpeters]

79. My "Jobs and Growth" plan will create 1.4 million jobs by next year's end"

George Bush et al.

Translation: "Jobs, no jobs. By the time these tax cuts can be shown to utterly "fail" to create jobs, much less 1.4 million, none of you suckers will even remember what I'm saying now, much less hold me accountable."

[The Wielding Truth]

80. He was given a mandate and political capital. 50.7% - Kerry

2004 Reelection speech
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/politics/main250.shtml
"To make this nation stronger and better, I will need your support and I will work to earn it. I will do all I can do to deserve your trust. A new term is a new opportunity to reach out to the whole nation. We have one country, one constitution, and one future that binds us. And when we come together and work together, there is no limit to the greatness of America. "
:puke:

[Lasher]

93. Actually, he promised 2.2 million jobs created between 2001 and 2004

This was to have been as a direct result of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.

Between January 2001 and December 2004, the U.S. economy added only about 800,000 jobs, according to the Labor Department. To put that in context, about 2.1 million jobs were added to the economy annually over the previous two decades, including intervals of recession. During Bush's tenure, just a tenth of that number of jobs were created each of these four years.

http://modernamerica.blogspot.com/2005/06/supply-side-economics.html

Employment growth during the Bush Administration has averaged just 45,000 jobs per
month. That is the lowest monthly rate for any administration since Eisenhower, when the
labor force was much smaller.

http://www.house.gov/budget_democrats/analyses/07HBC_JEC_joint_doc.pdf

[Kurovski]

81. " The liberal media ."

Said by every right winger, heard dozens of times a day.

[w8liftinglady]

84. my 1000th post..about a year ago

and you wonder why i'm pissed?look at this shit



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5591674

[Stardust]

88. That was an amazing body of evidence! Wow! Now, back to the lies...

[Stardust]

89. "One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on

terror." GWB to Katie Couric 9/6/06

[Divine Discontent]

94. YEESH.. Try updating it with this years scandals and you've got a lot

of work to do, they're going full steam. and is your son home now?

[NativeTexan]

85. "I'm not running on my father's name"....

...he told Oprah on her show during the 2000 campaign.

[Stardust]

86. President Bush said (7/19/05) that he will fire anyone in the

administration found to have committed a crime in the leaking of a CIA operative's name. WaPo

[Stardust]

87. "It's hard work." - GWB -- about a brazillian times.

[Stardust]

90. My greatest responsibility as President is to protect the American

people. --GWB to Us (folks)--Radio Address 6/28/05

[lisainmilo]

91. We have to stay the course! n/t

[threadkillaz]

95. "I choked on a pretzel"

.

[Bucky]

96. "My favorite philosopher is Jesus Christ... because he changed my heart"

still get a kick out of those classics