> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > At 10:57 AM 3/16/2004 -0600 Horn, John wrote: > >The issue here in many people's minds is given what we've learned > >about the intelligence, folks don't think that Bush "believed it to > >be true". That it was a convenient story to get what he wanted.
> > My, how far have we come from four years ago when Bush's > critics thought > that he was too dumb to come up with any original thoughts > beyond what he > was told. Now, of course, he is a very clever manipulator of the US > intelligence services. Not a manipulator of the intelligence services, a manipulator of the US public and public opinion. Very different things. > I don't see how you can possibly argue that that statement is > "impeachable", when in fact it is 100% accurate. British > intelligence > services did and do say that. I never said it was. I was merely making a point that the defense that Bush wasn't lieing because he believed it to be true might not completely hold water. - jmh _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
