Shall we call it a lie?  I'm not exactly sure and none of us will know for many years.  What we do know is there are documentations provided by prior White House executives and mititary personnel in high places, stating that the Bush, Cheney, Rumsfield, Ashcroft coalition had a propensity - prior to 9/11 - to set the stage for war with Iraq.  So, we then conclude that the  "books were cooked" and that led to giving credibility to wrong intellegence about WM.  Congress then provided the president with an open checkbook and methodolgy for our terribly misguided path in Iraq.  Many books are now out there that talk about the warning signs on the intellegence that took us to war - Cobra II is very highly rated.  Bush and his cronies were well aware of the problems with the intelligence reports on WMB, Hussein's nucleur capabilities, etc.

So, how to you define a "lie?" At a minimum, Bush accepted and dissimenated misleading information known to be unreliable and incorrect.  And that  "lie" didn't end up with a very dirty blue dress.  In my reading, it leads me to believe that Bush (and his chosen advisors) purposely mislead us - and the result has been catostrophic.  His leadership in listening to only people in agreement with himself and poor war strategy have caused unknown numbers of death.  

"Lie" is a very strong word.  I have found that usually, people who tell lies, don't consider themselves liers.  We hear the word "spin" so often that it has become an acceptable way to report news.  And at the base of most "spins" - is really reporting incomplete data.  I could prove to you, without lying, that the earth is flat - just by "spinning" the truth and elimating data proving otherwise.  Would you want to make a life and death decision based on the way I make conclusions - knowing I elimate information that disputes my conclusions?

How about this lie from President Bush, regarding the WTC attacks: "I was in Florida. And my chief of staff, Andy Card -- actually I was in a classroom talking about a reading program that works. And I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower -- the TV was obviously on, and I use to fly myself, and I said, "There's one terrible pilot." And I said, "It must have been a horrible accident."

There is no way that Dubya saw the first plane attack, since video of the impact didn't surface until well after he finished reading "My Pet Goat" & was whisked away from the Florida elementary school.

I don't have any problem with Bush being called a liar.

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The statement is near the end of the transcript.

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How about this lie from President Bush, regarding the WTC attacks: "I was in Florida. And my chief of staff, Andy Card -- actually I was in a classroom talking about a reading program that works. And I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower -- the TV was obviously on, and I use to fly myself, and I said, "There's one terrible pilot." And I said, "It must have been a horrible accident."

There is no way that Dubya saw the first plane attack, since video of the impact didn't surface until well after he finished reading "My Pet Goat" & was whisked away from the Florida elementary school.

I don't have any problem with Bush being called a liar.

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This is all twisted hype from the ultra left Bush haters.

The thing you quote as proof a lie was a generalized statement made by the President 3 years after the fact.

The actual quote is "I was in Florida. And my chief of staff, Andy Card -- actually I was in a classroom talking about a reading program that works. And I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw THAT an airplane HAD hit the tower -- the TV was obviously on, and I use to fly myself, and I said, "There's one terrible pilot." And I said, "It must have been a horrible accident."

At 8:45am  American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center. The first live news footage of the WTC were broadcast at 8:48 on CBS with everyone else broadcasting within 2-3 minutes.

The President was briefed there had been an "accident" immediately and a TV was turned on for him. (In case you've forgotten, everyone thought it an accident until the 2nd plane hit.)

The President, still thinking it was a tragic accident, started his reading time with the kids at 9:00.

 At 9:03 the United Airlines Flight 175  crashed into the south tower and at 9:05, as seen by everyone in later footage, the President was briefed about the 2nd crash and shortly wrapped up his reading with the kids and departed.

As he exited the "reading room", I'm sure he, like everyone else in the world, saw the footage of the 2nd crash.

My facts and timeline come from a CNN report and they cite their sources.

I'm sure you either buying the leftist lies or you are willfully twisting the truth because you choose to do so.

Either way, I don't have any problem with you being called a liar.