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by diogenes on Tue Mar 25, 2008 at 12:39:09 PM EST
As a legal commentator, surely Jeralyn should know that a false statement spoken with intent to deceive is a lie, not the euphemistically described "inaccuracy".  It is a fair point of debate whether a public figure intended to deceive or merely misremembered something, but I thought that was what forums on the internet were for.

Reading minds (none / 0) (#36)
by nellre on Tue Mar 25, 2008 at 12:45:51 PM EST
We don't have the technology for that yet.
I give everyone the benefit of the doubt until they've proven their intent is to deceive.

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What (none / 0) (#42)
by tek on Tue Mar 25, 2008 at 12:48:12 PM EST
point in deceiving about the issue at hand?  She doesn't need to be under fire to be qualified at foreign policy and she was in Bosnia.  How many war fronts has Obama gone to?  

The whole thing is a tempest in a teapot.  She's competent to lead this country in a positive direction.  We know that.  What we don't know is anything about Barack Obama's ability to lead.   We know he can deliver a good speech and that's really about it.  Apparently it's enough for college kids but not for the Boomers.

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This was, I'm sure... (5.00 / 1) (#90)
by sar75 on Tue Mar 25, 2008 at 02:35:36 PM EST
...in response to my posting of the video which disproved what Clinton has said not once, but at least twice on the campaign trail.  The details of her story are demonstrably false, but designed to make the point that she has the necessary experience for the job.

Of course, TalkLeft deems such statements not to be "lies."  Okay. Let's call them demonstrably untrue statements that misrepresent reality in order to make a political argument.  Fine.

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