> Bush confused by earpiece, embarrasses self and nation, again
20 August 2006, 16:49
Years ago, some friends who had escaped from behind the Iron Curtain and I had a discussion about the art of lying. I was amazed at how easily they lied. They were amused by my bumbling whenever I tried to lie. They explained, when you live in a free country, you don’t need to lie. But, when you live in a country that’s not free, you have to lie to survive. Government support has to be seen as absolute and unconditional ... your feelings can’t betray you. Lying becomes as natural as breathing.
I think Mr. Bush has not mastered the art of lying. If you watch him, the idiocy becomes most apparent when the whopper comes out. It betrays him every time.
Maybe he uses drugs. Maybe he’s drinking again, and maybe he simply knows he’s lying. When he talks about something as wrong as trashing his Constitutional obligations, or the human sacrifice his wars typify, or the so-called good coming out of one of his really bad policies, the man is incapable of completing a cognizant thought.
Does that excuse him? Of course not. it simply makes it easier to spot how phony his position is, because you can always tell when he’s lying. That’s why it’s important to watch him ... no matter how funny, or painful it is. The man is a bad liar. His lying betrays him every time.
Years ago, some friends who had escaped from behind the Iron Curtain and I had a discussion about the art of lying. I was amazed at how easily they lied. They were amused by my bumbling whenever I tried to lie. They explained, when you live in a free country, you don’t need to lie. But, when you live in a country that’s not free, you have to lie to survive. Government support has to be seen as absolute and unconditional ... your feelings can’t betray you. Lying becomes as natural as breathing.
I think Mr. Bush has not mastered the art of lying. If you watch him, the idiocy becomes most apparent when the whopper comes out. It betrays him every time.
Maybe he uses drugs. Maybe he’s drinking again, and maybe he simply knows he’s lying. When he talks about something as wrong as trashing his Constitutional obligations, or the human sacrifice his wars typify, or the so-called good coming out of one of his really bad policies, the man is incapable of completing a cognizant thought.
Does that excuse him? Of course not. it simply makes it easier to spot how phony his position is, because you can always tell when he’s lying. That’s why it’s important to watch him ... no matter how funny, or painful it is. The man is a bad liar. His lying betrays him every time.