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Skriven 2006-05-09 13:49:00 av LEE LOFASO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JIM HOLSONBACK
Ärende: Preznit Liar, liar, pants
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Hello Jim,

>BS>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/08/AR20060
>BS>0800020_pf.html

>BS>Reuters
>BS>Monday, May 8, 2006; 1:14 AM

>BS>BERLIN (Reuters) - President Bush told a German newspaper his best
>BS>moment in more than five years in office was catching a big perch in
>BS>his own lake.

>BS>"You know, I've experienced many great moments and it's hard to name
>BS>the best," Bush told weekly Bild am Sonntag when asked about his high
>BS>point since becoming president in January 2001.

>BS>"I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound perch
>BS>in my lake," he told the newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.
>BS>[clip]

JH>If you had bothered to read the WashPost article, you might have gotten
JH>a clue as the identity problem with the fish.  They clearly state the
JH>quote of GWB was a retranslation from the German, not from a transcript
JH>in english.  Quick check of an online English-German dictionary shows
JH>that the german word BARSCH is used for both our words "bass" and
JH>"perch."

Bush did not say "I caught a 7.5 pound barsch."  After all, Bush
does not speak German.  Hell, the poor guy can barely speak English. :)

JH>So, completely unarmed with facts, you launch into this irrelevant BS
JH>about world record for _yellow perch_.  What in anything you read makes
JH>you think that the fish in question was a yellow perch.  Shit, the TX
JH>state record for yellow perch is a bit over one pound.  Did you find
JH>this on your own, or fif you find it on some equally ignorant anti-bush
JH>blogspot?  While looking for perch, why not look for Nile Perch?  If you
JH>google for TX record fish, you will find that the TX record for nile
JH>perch is over 12 pounds, and the fish was caught not too far from
JH>Crawford.

Nile perch are nonindigenous to Texas (only yellow and white perch are
found in the US).  If Bush had stocked his pond with Nile perch, it
would have been highly illegal.  Although being illegal would not stop
Bush, it is far more likely a case of Bush being a pathological liar.

Given that the world records for both yellow and white perch are below
4.5 pounds, it is obvious that Bush did not catch a 7.5 pound fish.

>BS>http://www.dnr.state.md.us/dnrnews/pressrelease2006/031606a.html

>BS>March 16, 2006

>BS>Harford County Yellow Perch Sets World Record Last weekend, Phil Deer,
>BS>Jr. of Delta, Pennsylvania caught a record setting yellow perch in a
>BS>pond in Harford County. The perch is the largest ever caught in
>BS>Maryland and the fourth largest on record in the world. DNR confirmed
>BS>the perch’s size as 3 pounds, 5 ounces and 16 ¼ inches long, which
>BS>eclipsed the Maryland record of 2 pounds 6.75 ounces set at Deep Creek
>BS>Lake in 2003. Worldwide, Deer’s fish places behind a 4 pound, 3 ounce
>BS>perch caught in New Jersey in 1865; a 3 pound, 12 ounce perch caught in
>BS>Michigan in 1947; and a 3 pound, 8 ounce perch caught in New York in
>BS>1982. All records are for the fresh water division.
>BS>[clip]

>BS>So either Der Monkey caught a record breaking fish or, in the time
>BS>honored tradition of both Texans & fishermen, he lied about his catch.

JH>In your dreams.  Neither is the case.

George's fish tale is just one of many tall tales he has told.

>BS>Bush...  lied?   Say it isn't so, surely there must be some mistake?

JH>Yes, there was a mistake made, and you and Reuters made it.

Reuters has made no retraction or correction.  And neither has Bob.
Why is that?  Because Bush the Liar told a lie.

>BS>No mistake, the sorry bastard lies about pretty much EVERYTHING.

>BS>The Consummate Corruptables, the conservative, anti-constitution wing
>BS>of the Republican party.

JH>BTW, the official US transcript of the GWB interview with Bush hit the
JH>whitehouse website on 5/7 - - if you want to satisfy yourself, go to
JH>www.whitehouse.gov , click on "News" and find transcript under the 5/7
JH>date.  The transcript refers to large mouth (should be largemouth) bass,
JH>and records that there was laughter after the remark.

JH>Good luck with your future efforts at investigative journalism.

The official WH transcript was posted much later than the article
appeared.  Do note the WH provided no audio or video recording.
IOW, the WH is attempting "spin control", without producing any
evidence of what Bush actually said.

--Lee


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