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Originally posted by skywalker:
As I said before, let the Bush people discredit Clarke's testimony, but do it in public, before the committee, and under oath. Otherwise, I'm not giving them much credence.
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Are you going to give them much credence if they do? They'll still be offering their interpretation, but you believe Clark's because it matches what you already believed. Clark makes your point, so why would testimony from anyone on the Bush team under oath, under a tree, or under the ocean matter. You don't withhold credence because they haven't testified under oath in public, you withhold it because you don't think what they say is true. You disapprove of Bush, his administration, and his policies, so the fact that Rice hasn't testified publicly is just a jabbing point.
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The gentleman that spoke after Mr. Clark has just as much time in a similar government position to Mr. Clark's. How much credence did you give to what he said? He spoke publicly and under oath. His background is as impressive as Mr. Clark's.
BTW, Mr. Clark said that a an assistance to the president he was often required to make the best of a situation by highlighting the good and downplaying the bad. Isn't it just possible that now he's doing the exact opposite? Wouldn't that make his book sell better? Wouldn't the controversy be good for him personally? Are you so sure he's driving down the middle of the road on this issue?
As Dr. Phil McGraw would say, "the best indicator of future behavior, is past behavior." His job then when speaking to the public was to make the president look good and he didn't have a problem with it(he said he'd done it many times for many presidents), now his job is to sell a book. Maybe he's leaning the other way because it is what he's suppose to do?
It just amazes me when people say, Bush only heard what he wanted to hear from the Intelligence community and his advisers before deciding on a course of action, and then those same people accept the words of Richard Clark as manna from heaven because it is what they want to hear.
It's all perception and perspective.
CLARIFICATION - I'm not picking on you Mark, it's the POV I'm talking about and many share it. We all do it. We all see things the way we want to see them. It's hard, if not impossible to 'turn off' because it's human nature.
[ 03-26-2004, 01:35 PM: Message edited by: Ronn_Bman ]