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Originally posted by Spanky
The fact that FDR lied about his intentions about the war was something you did not want to accept because it delegitimizes Bush's supposed lies that led us into the gulf war.
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Thank you for the armchair psychology, but in the same way that most people would think that you need to know more than a single sentence from a single speech to conclude that Bush lied about something, the same goes for ex-presidents.
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Bush inflating budgetary projections for political purposes is just supposition. There is no conclusive proof that he did. It is possible. But again projections on future deficits and surpluses are never accurate. Until there is some direct evidence and not supposition no conclusions can be drawn.
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I'm not interested in arguing about whether Bush is "lying" or not about the budgetary projections -- his particular state of mind on this topic does not interest me at all. For a few years now, the White House has been softening the blow of huge deficits by telling people that the news is better than expected. This has been successful, I think, in the sense that there isn't all that much outrage about the massive Bush deficits. If you say you haven't seen enough proof that Bush was directly responsible for this, fine; I can respect that.
