**Daschle doesn't think Bush would lie about War

Well, I heard former Senator Tom Daschle talking on NPR TOTN as indicated in previous post.

Daschle indicated he just could not believe Bush would lie about serious matters like war.

Daschle is just too damn proud to admit he was snookered by the Texas Twit. That pride prevented him from making any attacks on Bush in his SD campaign and probably made it impossible for Daschle to win in South Dakota. Or, made his losing campaign a complete waste since it did nothing to educate the nation on how Bush lied and deceived.

I can't believe Daschle is so naive that he does not believe Bush would lie. I find it hard to believe that Bush would tell the truth about anything unless some tiny bit of the truth had some potential partisan advantage.

I guess when you are working for a lobbying outfit it doesn't make any sense to change positions that did not work in the past.

**Stay tuned even if now and then I think Democrats in Washington are some awfully slow learners-- Doug Wiken

Comments

[Doug Wiken]

You have some real problems with reading comprehension.

I don't know if maintaining a misperception about Bush and thus " lying" to yourself is a lie
in the way you mean it or not. I think Kerry made the same mistake. This post has more
to do with my cynicism and amazement that he ever had that idea.

And frankly I don't remember if the question referred to past or present... The old all depends
on the meaning of "is" business. .If I had intended to say Daschle lied, I would have stated
it plainly in such terms. I think it was more a problem of pride and hope clouding he and
Kerry's senses. Whatever, it was a serious mistake for them. I was appalled that they
did not lay out Bush lies in detail.

Thune is not real. He is an empty shirt. I have met him. He is smoooooooothhh. People
also need to remember that when Jack cut down the beanstock, he did not become the giant.
Imputing Daschle's ability and accomplishment to Thune because Thune and a dirty campaign
beat Daschle is a fundamental mistake in logic.

))))))))) Doug Wiken

[Glen]

Sooo Jimmy. If I understand you, you imply that it is lie to not call a liar a liar? Even if you are correct, I have much more respect for someone who doesn't tell the whole truth out of respect for the institution of the presidency (not to be confused with the holder of the office) than someone like Thune who believes it is okay to manufacture garbage, much like you have done, and present it as truth because the end justifies the means.
I was pretty disappointed that Daschle didn't state the truth,i.e. "Bush lied about Iraq and he lies with impunity whenever confronted with unpleasant truths or whats to make political hay." However, even if Mr Bush is the sorriest example of a leader any country anyone could hope to have, he is still our president and you go to hell with the president you got not the one you wished you had or the senator for that matter.