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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 7, 2008, at 11:01 AM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> > > I hold a president to a higher standard for two reasons:
>
> I do too, but I am not willing to rewrite the dictionary to  
> accommodate that
> standard.   </HTML>

Regarding lying by presidents, there is a very thin line between a lie  
and what is known as credible deniability or plausible deniability. A  
president may be protected by those close to him with this political  
expediency but the people's common sense increasingly often sees  
through it. When the majority believe that is what happened then the  
president's credibility and acceptability rating sinks. At that point  
governance becomes problematic and programs which might otherwise have  
merit often fail. I have no tolerance for such behavior regardless of  
dictionary definitions.