Re: Thought for the Day

Posted by Christina on October 02, 2000 at 07:38:12:

In Reply to: Thought for the Day posted by The Huggy Merchant on October 01, 2000 at 13:00:15:

: "That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude."
: — in a 1983 television interview

: (Alexander Haig, American Politician, b.1924)

Gotta love politicians and their flair with the English language...
to add to the merriment, some actual documented quotes from one of our presidential hopefuls, Dubya:

It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."--Reuters,
May 5, 2000 (Thanks to Allison Fansler.)

“What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas
they basically delineate based upon whatever. However they
delineate, quotas, I think vulcanize society. So I don't know
how that fits into what everybody else is saying, their relative
positions, but that's my position.''—the
San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 21, 2000 (Thanks to Toni L.
Gould.)

We ought to make the pie higher."—South Carolina
Republican Debate, Feb. 15, 2000

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: : "That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude."
: :     — in a 1983 television interview 

: : (Alexander Haig, American Politician, b.1924)

: 
: Gotta love politicians and their flair with the English language...
: to add to the merriment, some actual documented quotes from one of our presidential hopefuls, Dubya:

: It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."--Reuters,
:                              May 5, 2000 (Thanks to Allison Fansler.)

: “What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas
:                              they basically delineate based upon whatever. However they
:                              delineate, quotas, I think vulcanize society. So I don't know
:                              how that fits into what everybody else is saying, their relative
:                              positions, but that's my position.''—the
:                              San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 21, 2000 (Thanks to Toni L.
:                              Gould.)

: We ought to make the pie higher."—South Carolina
:                              Republican Debate, Feb. 15, 2000


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