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New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com Republicans can lie, Dems can't. Why? Tuesday, December 10th, 2002 I'm in Bill Clinton's head as he reads the morning papers. I arrive just as Clinton turns to the story saying that Elliott Abrams has been named the Bush administration's Middle East honcho. A blast of white heat engulfs me. "Can you believe that?" I hear him say. "Elliott Abrams. The same guy who twice lied to Congress. He pleaded guilty to withholding information from a Senate committee and then a House committee. The only reason he wasn't strung up for perjury is that he wasn't under oath - a distinction without much of a difference. "This guy could have taught me some lessons. He was asked if the Reagan administration had solicited a $10 million loan from the sultan of Brunei for the Nicaraguan Contras. He said the report was 'false.' Later, he said the answer was technically correct because the money hadn't yet arrived. It's all a matter of tense - a case of what you mean by 'is.' "The second lie was even more of a jaw-dropper. He denied that the Reagan administration was helping the Contras. I just looked up what he said. 'It's not our supply system.' But it was their supply system. And Congress had passed a law forbidding aid to the Contras. He broke the law. He lied about it. He got convicted, and then he got a presidential pardon from Pappa Bush. "I don't get it. I lied about sex, which, of course, wasn't really sex anyway, and I got impeached for it. All these Republicans were jumping up and down, saying my case wasn't really about sex, but about the rule of law. No man can be above the law. Yeah, right! But no man tells the truth about sex, either. "You know what Abrams said later, in his book? He was the victim of an overzealous prosecutor. What does he know about an overzealous prosecutor? Keyhole Ken Starr took a bogus sexual harassment charge by Paula Jones and turned it into a capital crime. Abrams was prosecuted by one of Santa's elves. "This really frazzles me. Where's Henry Hyde bellowing about how the government can't function if officials don't tell the truth? 'Truth-telling is the heart and soul of our justice system,' he told the House when they were trying to lynch me. Well, what about truth- telling when it comes to Abrams? "And what about Tom DeLay, that sanctimonious hypocrite? He and Hyde are in Congress, the very body that Abrams lied to. Not a peep, though. So it isn't just about truth. It's about ideology and politics. These guys will get on the radio with Oliver North or Gordon Liddy, but they only care about truth, honesty and the American way when a Democrat's involved. Republicans can lie, but Democrats can't. "I guess it's a rule, but I don't like it. "I know what they're gonna say: that I lied to protect myself. It was selfish. Abrams lied to protect a secret policy. That was noble. But you can't allow government officials to decide for themselves when to lie and when to tell the truth. They all gotta tell the truth, especially to Congress. "Bush ran on this platform of moral purity. Then he turns around as President and chooses liars for high government positions, and no one says a peep. I'm waitin' on those hyperventilating hypocrites on talk TV to say something. The country's about to go to war on little more than the President's word. Maybe he won't lie. But he's hired people who have. "I should have been born a Republican. It's even better than being in love. You never, ever, have to say you're sorry." <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
