Posted by 10derHeart on February 11, 2006, at 17:03:05
In reply to reference, annotated » 10derHeart, posted by zeugma on February 11, 2006, at 16:21:47
Thanks for all of that. I do appreciate the information and the discourse in general.
I've yet to read the entire text of the 2004 Buffalo speech, which I need to do.(I have a link) It is potentially troublesome, though.
I see this could show the President was making such statements/assurances (subject to interpretation, context, etc.) for some time....as least since 2004, long after he authorized the NSA to do whatever it is they've been doing....but...
....unless I'm still missing something, it doesn't change the fact that until this issue came to light in Dec 2005, the American public didn't know there *was* any alleged deception, correct? So, when making a voting decision in Nov '04, how could they have factored this into their choice?
Sorry if I'm being dense, or have missed a puzzle piece. I do realize this is quite probably a somewhat minor issue in a much larger picture for you where GWB is concerned. But, I am trying to stick close to reacting to your original question - why *anyone* (and I am included in that group) would vote for him if he "needs reminders to obey the law."
I'm not quite clear that this issue is a good example of that, given the timeline.
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