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Wouldn't it be great if real life was like this? Oh, it was! At the Veep debates, "Dick" suggested viewers go to FactCheck.com if they didn't believe him.
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| FactCheck.com will bear me out! | |
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Millions didn't believe him, and so they saw this. "If we re-elect him, we endorse the Bush doctrine of preemptive action and the invasion of Iraq, and we will have to live with the consequences...
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| "a vicious circle of escalating violence with no end in sight. But if we repudiate the Bush policies at the polls, we shall have a better chance to break the vicious circle. | |
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| " 9/11 led to suspension of the critical process essential to democracy. "[Dubya] silenced all criticism by calling it unpatriotic. He said 'either you are with us, | |
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"'or you are with the terrorists.' I am afraid he is leading us in a very dangerous direction. We are losing the values that have made America great. He committed a fundamental error in thinking.
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| "What we do may also be wrong. Recognizing that we may be wrong is the foundation of an open society. [Dubya] admits no doubt and does not base his decisions on reality. | |
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| "For 18 months he managed to suppress all dissent. That is how he could lead the nation so far in the wrong direction. [He] inadvertently played right into the hands of bin Laden..." | |
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