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ConsAreLiars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 02:33 AM
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10. Remember that statements made in Congress are absolutely protected
against any legal suit. Statements made in other venues are not. Frist can go on the floor and say anything at all with impunity, immune from any legal challenge. Although he might be ridiculed or even run up against some sort of censure action (not likely given the political balance) he can lie his ass off there without risk, but his statements off the floor are subject to some limits. This explains the difference between what he said when relatively protected from legal challenge and later when more exposed.
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