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Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:00 AM

Right message, wrong response

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  • Tuesday, April 24, 2007 09:34 AM

    Lack of reality, lack of honesty

    I think elected Democrats really should start pointing out that no one should listen to anything Bush or anyone in his administration says. Bush and company have always said whatever they see as beneficial to themselves regardless of the truth. Even when things are obviously and provably not true our elected Democrats are rarely willing to use the L-word.

    Our Senators and Representatives need to be willing to call these people liars and state unequivocally that nothing anyone who is part of this administration says should be believed. Republicans were willing to say that about Clinton because he denied having "sexual relations". Surely, today's Democrats have more reason to condemn the statements of this administration.

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