To what extent does a politician have to lie before becoming a "con man" (or woman)? where to draw the line seems purely a matter of opinion and not worth arguing about. What's important is the content of the lies.
me: >> Still, I don't see Obama as being more of a con man than any other >> establishment politician. Louis Proyect wrote: > Really? I thought that the latest revelations from the NY Times about his > decision to stay in Iraq rates him as big a con artist as LBJ. Most of his > liberal supporters were quite sure that he would pull the troops out even > though Samantha Powers blurted out the truth when she said that this was > just a bunch of crap intended to keep the DP base mollified. She got fired > from his campaign shortly after this happened and it is telling that she has > been reinstated. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
