July 11, 2003

'Getting cute with verb tenses'

LiberalOasis has a good piece on the weasely way some of the questions about the Nigerien documents are being answered - and makes a rather apropos comparison in the process.

JIM LEHRER: You had no sexual relationship with this young woman?

BILL CLINTON: There is not a sexual relationship. That is accurate.

Q: Do you still believe they were trying to buy nuclear materials in Africa?

GEORGE W. BUSH: Right now?

Q: No, were they? The statement you made --

BUSH: One thing is for certain. He's not trying to buy anything right now. If he's alive, he's on the run.

Here's one thing that's really for certain:

When you have to resort to being cute with verb tenses, you're in real trouble.

Posted by thorswitch at July 11, 2003 11:16 PM | TrackBack


Comments

I think the bumper sticker sums it up:

Nobody died when Clinton lied.

Posted by: Christopher Key at July 12, 2003 01:57 AM

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