G.W. Bush - Liar Liar

[twenty4blackbirds]

"We know that Iraq and al Qaeda have had high-level contacts that go back a decade. Some al Qaeda leaders who fled Afghanistan went to Iraq." - G.W. Bush, 7 Oct 2002
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021007-8.html

"What did Iraq have to do with (the attack on the World Trade Center)? Nothing, nobody has ever suggested in this administration that Saddam Hussein ordered the attack" - G.W. Bush, 21 Aug 2006
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/08/20060821.html

[magellan]

1. Great find!

I'm surprised they haven't edited or scrubbed that 1st quote from the WH site.

Belated welcome to DU, twenty4blackbirds. :hi:

[twenty4blackbirds]

5. Heard it first on Daily Show, natch!

Thanks for the welcome :-)

[fasttense]

2. He lies then lies about the lies.

Next he will be lying about the lies about the lies, and on and on......

[liberal N proud]

3. He is a pathological liar

The problem with telling the first lie, is you have to tell more lies to cover up the first one and it just gets worse from there.

[twenty4blackbirds]

4. 'Those who can, do. Those who can't, bully.

"I estimate one person in thirty, male or female, is a serial bully. Who does the following profile describe in your life?" - Tim Field
http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/serial.htm

[twenty4blackbirds]

9. the serial bully commits mostly non-arrestable offences,

for example:
http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/serial.htm
* negligence

http://www.detnews.com/2005/editorial/0509/11/A17-310046.htm
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/09/11/020559.php
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/032306.html

* dereliction of duty

http://www.thememoryhole.org/911/bush-911.htm
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030411.html

* stealing, diverting, skimming, or "losing" clients' money and investments

http://www.epi.org/newsroom/releases/2006/07/060725-SWA_Intl_chap_pr.pdf
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/international.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/bush073099.htm

* deception

(see OP quotes)

* misrepresentation

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/21/60minutes/main1527749.shtml
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1971092

* conspiracy (eg to obstruct or pervert the course of justice)

http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=124722
http://www.tomflocco.com/fs/CiaPlameCaseIndictments.htm

* leaking information to people who should not be in possession of that information

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2006/04/08/bushs_leak/

* awarding contracts to family and friends

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0304/S00072.htm

* failure to fulfil obligations

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4765058.stm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050902-2.html

* impropriety

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12206491/

* collusion

http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=147192006
http://downingstreetmemo.com/timeline/

* recruitment through nepotism or favouritism rather than ability

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/bellow200510180826.asp
https://ssl.tnr.com/p/docsub.mhtml?i=20050919&s=campos091905

[DemforNagin]

6. I don't get it...

I must be slow this morning, I guess..

Are the 2 quotes supposed to contradict each other, or are they individual lies?

[magellan]

8. They're individual lies that contradict each other

The first was an outright lie. The second was a lie contradicting the first.

Welcome to DU, DemforNagin!

[Wafture]

7. From Bartcop