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

grant

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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.

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

"read my lips. no new taxes"

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

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Originally posted by jdat Bush 9/11/Iraq

EDIT> sorry. i'm trying.

Last edited by Q5echo on Feb-25-2007 at 21:47

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

I'm starting to think that too.

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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

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

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)

I guess no one was inspired!

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

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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