Re: Thought for the Day

Posted by MMMMarcia on October 02, 2000 at 12:44:19:

In Reply to: Re: Thought for the Day posted by Christina on October 02, 2000 at 07:38:12:

: : "That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude."
: : — in a 1983 television interview

: : (Alexander Haig, American Politician, b.1924)

:
: Gotta love politicians and their flair with the English language...
: to add to the merriment, some actual documented quotes from one of our presidential hopefuls, Dubya:

: It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."--Reuters,
: May 5, 2000 (Thanks to Allison Fansler.)

: “What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas
: they basically delineate based upon whatever. However they
: delineate, quotas, I think vulcanize society. So I don't know
: how that fits into what everybody else is saying, their relative
: positions, but that's my position.''—the
: San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 21, 2000 (Thanks to Toni L.
: Gould.)

: We ought to make the pie higher."—South Carolina
: Republican Debate, Feb. 15, 2000
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Well, I don't consider myself a political expert by any means, but I have to say THIS about the above...

...huh??????

MMMM *scratching head in confusion*

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: : : "That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude."
: : :     — in a 1983 television interview 

: : : (Alexander Haig, American Politician, b.1924)

: : 
: : Gotta love politicians and their flair with the English language...
: : to add to the merriment, some actual documented quotes from one of our presidential hopefuls, Dubya:

: : It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."--Reuters,
: :                              May 5, 2000 (Thanks to Allison Fansler.)

: : “What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas
: :                              they basically delineate based upon whatever. However they
: :                              delineate, quotas, I think vulcanize society. So I don't know
: :                              how that fits into what everybody else is saying, their relative
: :                              positions, but that's my position.''—the
: :                              San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 21, 2000 (Thanks to Toni L.
: :                              Gould.)

: : We ought to make the pie higher."—South Carolina
: :                              Republican Debate, Feb. 15, 2000
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

: Well, I don't consider myself a political expert by any means, but I have to say THIS about the above...

: ...huh??????

: MMMM *scratching head in confusion*


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