John D. Giorgis wrote:
>
> Isn't the old conclusion "the coverup is worse than the crime" a direct
> result from Watergate? It seems apparent to me that it was the tapes that
> revealed the coverrup, ie the lieing, that finally damned Nixon.
The cover-ups were far more than lies John. Instructions by
superiors to lie. Obstruction. Bribes. Conspiracy. Destruction
of evidence.
> Irrevelent because most Republicans don't believe that Reagan lied.
> Sure, I know you believe that Reagan lied, but you probably also believe
> that the indictments just days before the election weren't politically
> motivated. At any rate, the Iran-Contra incident does not tell us how the
> Republican Party treats liars because the facts in the Iran-Contra case are
> in dispute.
Because those involved are really _good_ at lying. Of all the
President's men, including the Sr. Bush, only George Shultz doesn't
come off stinking to high heaven. It doesn't matter if Reagan
didn't lie himself (though you are right, I have no doubt that he
did.) He was responsible for the actions of his subordinates.
What's more important to me is that the scope of the lies told by
the Republicans is so much greater than that of the lies Clinton
told in the Lewinski affair.
We've been over and over this, so I'm not going to belabor it any
more. Just so's you know that there are plenty of us out here that
think that the idea that Republicans consider honesty any more
important than anyone else, specifically Democrats, is beyond ludicrous.
>
> Democrats on the other hand, are on the record on numerous occasions
> explaining why lieing isn't important and is not a "high crime and
> misdemeanor." I am unaware of a similar body of statements existing for
> Republicans - which leads back to the inevitable conclusion - Republicans
> are somewhat unusual in considering honesty to be an important quality in a
> President. Not that Republicans insist upon 100% honesty, just that they
> are unusual in considering it to be important.
Kinda like a Bum that hasn't showered in a year insisting that he considers
cleanliness important?
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Doug
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"Now people stand themselves next to the righteous
And they believe the things they say are true
They speak in terms of what divides us
To justify the violence they do"
Jackson Browne, It Is One
