Michael Kinsley on SOTU speech - terrific read

[Eloriel]

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4112.htm

Who Is Buried in Bush's Speech?
The truth has been shot! Round up some unusual suspects.
By Michael Kinsley

Monday, July 14, 2003, at 3:53 PM PT: (Slate) Once again a mysterious criminal stalks the nation's capital. First there was the mystery sniper. Then there was the mystery arsonist. Now there is the mystery ventriloquist. The media are in a frenzy of speculation and leakage. Senators are calling for hearings. All of Washington demands an answer: Who was the arch-fiend who told a lie in President Bush's State of the Union speech? No investigation has plumbed such depths of the unknown since O.J. Simpson's hunt for the real killer of his ex-wife. (Whatever happened to that, by the way?)


Whodunit? Was it Col. Mustard in the kitchen with a candlestick? Condoleezza Rice in the Situation Room with a bottle of wite-out and a felt-tipped pen?

Linguists note that the question, "Who lied in George Bush's State of the Union speech" bears a certain resemblance to the famous conundrum, "Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?" They speculate that the two questions may have parallel answers. But philosophers are still struggling to properly analyze the Grant's Tomb issue—let alone answer it. And experts say that even when this famous 19th-century presidential puzzle is solved, it could be many years before the findings can be applied with any confidence to presidents of more recent vintage.

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Eloriel

[DoctorMyEyes]

1. This is a terrific read!

"Who are you going to believe - me or your lying eyes?"

[Senryu Sid]

2. Hoist by his own petard...

Bush blanmes Tenant, but--Bush shown on Whitehouse.gov approving state of the union address "line by line."

Right...



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Chicago