yojimbo wrote:
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:41:26 -0600, clifto wrote:
yojimbo wrote:
One can't expect the truth from any American administration. Starting
with Kennedy (Bay of Pigs) and with Johnson (Bay of Tonkin),
presidents were regularly caught in lies, and two were impeached for
lying (Nixon, Clinton).

Nixon was not impeached.

Picking at nits instead of facing the underlying issues? Typical.

you lied plain and simple

Nixon was about to be impeached, and he knew that he would be
convicted if he were impeached.
maybe maybe not

He resigned from office in disgrace
and had to be pardoned by his lap dog, Ford.

maybe


Clinton WAS impeached, beat the charge, but lost his right to practice
law because he perjured himself.

The underlying issue is dishonesty: It is a common thread running
through all US presidencies. Look at Bush: He lied about weapons of
mass distruction and had Colin Powell make a fool of himself in a
speech before the U.N. Powell has said it was the low point of his
career.

And then there was Oliver North and his illegal arms for hostages
deals during the Regan presidency. There is little doubt that Regan
knew about it but had maintianed "plausible deniability."

Now name some Canadian Prime Ministers who were similarly dishonest
(Hell, you probably can't name the current P.M. without looking it up
on the web.)

No I can't name him

Know why? becuase he does not matter in th world