Re: Is she toast?

Rod Stiffington wrote:
> 
> On 08 May 2008 22:37:25 GMT, Opus the Penguin
> <opusthepenguin+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >Rod Stiffington (invalid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
> >
> >> On 08 May 2008 20:44:52 GMT, Opus the Penguin
> >> <opusthepenguin+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>
> >>>Rod Stiffington (invalid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> For instance, the biggest lie of all was "Invented The
> >>>> Internet".  Gore never said it.  Yet it was repeated over, and
> >>>> over, and over again.  You know what happens when a lie is
> >>>> repeated over and over, it becomes true.  But it NEVER happened.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>He used the word "creating" rather than the word "inventing". If
> >>>that was "the biggest lie of all" then Gore was not lied about
> >>>ever and misrepresented only very slightly.
> >>
> >> He was referring specifically to his CONGRESSIONAL
> >> accomplishments.
> >
> >No one denied that.
> >
> >
> >> Here is the full quote:
> >>
> >
> >Thank you. I am familiar with the full quote. My reply is still
> >completely accurate. Your rhetoric above does a disservice to your
> >cause. You're shooting yourself in the foot.
> 
> How can you claim "Gore was not lied about" when "Invented The
> Internet" was used to paint him a liar for the entire 2000 election?
>
Because Gore did say "created" and that's close enough.
Furthermore, it was a part of a pattern of baloney that continues
to this day. An isolated misstatement could happen to anyone.



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