lies in US politics over the last 20 years or so

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Posted by jdat on Feb-25-2007 20:03:

lies in US politics over the last 20 years or so

I have a bit of an ackward question and please don't turn this into a debate.

I am trying to gather the most significant lies that have been said from all Us presidents throughout the last 20 years or so. Not looking at the gravity of the lie but something that made a clear mark on their time while they were in power.

So far I have thought of:
Bill Clinton - Lewinsky, Bush 9/11/Iraq

Posted by Sunsnail on Feb-25-2007 21:13:

grant

Posted by Aquadyne on Feb-25-2007 21:16:

quote:
Originally posted by Sunsnail
grant

20 years, not 120 years

Reagan lied about Contras
Bush I lied with "Read my lips: no new taxes"
Clinton lied about Lewinsky
Bush II: almost everything that falls out of his mouth is a lie: the most famous one of his legacy will be Iraq.

Posted by Sunsnail on Feb-25-2007 21:19:

I'm starting to think I'm retarded. :|

Posted by Q5echo on Feb-25-2007 21:36:

"read my lips. no new taxes"

George H. W. Bush @ 1988 Republican National Convention.

Posted by Q5echo on Feb-25-2007 21:37:

Re: lies in US politics over the last 20 years or so

quote:
Originally posted by jdat
Bush 9/11/Iraq

EDIT> sorry. i'm trying.

Posted by Aquadyne on Feb-25-2007 21:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Sunsnail
I'm starting to think I'm retarded. :|

I'm starting to think that too.

Posted by jdat on Feb-25-2007 22:36:

Re: Re: lies in US politics over the last 20 years or so

quote:
Originally posted by Q5echo
EDIT> sorry. i'm trying.

Well I don't want a huge list or anything

And what I meant was him saying Iraq was linked to 9/11 and he later retracted his statement ( well deep into the conflict ):

Just to give a little bit more info on why I want to know this is because I am wanting to create a so called "video art" piece on the legacy of lies in the Us Presidency throughout the last 20 years or so.

If you guys can think of anything else as big ( or having had such an impact on the presidents ) as the Lewinsky Scandal, Iraq etc please tell me if you think it could fit into what I want.

I'm thinking perhaps scratching the 20 years idea if I can't find something major for all the presidents in the last 20 years and expand to the biggest incidents since perhaps as far back as G. Washington.

Things like the Watergate scandal, Iran-Contra affair etc

Posted by jdat on Feb-25-2007 23:19:

also

If anyone knows a good website where I can download decent video coverage of these presidents lying please let me know!

archive.org has nothing and youtube ... well I need some higher quality content that preferably isn't flash video

Posted by erdega on Feb-26-2007 05:13:

Clinton: "I tried to prevent Al Qaida before 9/11" as said in his recent interview on fox news (he never did and his administration ignored it since their first attack at wtc 1993 to the war declaration by al qaida in 1996)

Posted by jdat on Feb-27-2007 17:23:

I guess no one was inspired!

Amazing considering the constant anti-American sentiment to be found here

Posted by Boomer187 on Feb-27-2007 17:46:

quote:
Originally posted by jdat
I guess no one was inspired!

Amazing considering the constant anti-American sentiment to be found here

its only funny to bash america and say the president sucks. Its no fun to find proof

Posted by star-traveller on Feb-27-2007 19:17:

From the most recent, the lie of current Bush's administration about Anti-ballistic missle system they intended to install in Poland that its solely purpose is to intercept missles from N.Korea and Iran.

Another one again from the current Bush's administration, is that they support democratic governments and try to bring democracy everywhere, while keeping tight relations and supporting fully totalitarian regimes like Georgia, Kazahstan and etc...