Did Dean say it was okay to lie? Can some give me the details, if any.

[phirili]

[Killarney]

1. He said

only in a case of national security where people lives would be in danger if they knew something.

[MoonRiver]

9. Which gave * a perfect opening for explaining away Iraqgate

when/if it were to come up in a debate with Dean.

[arewethereyet]

14. what a poor choice

in those situations you say nothing at all.

and this guy wants to be in charge ?

heaven help us...

[dsc]

2. Yeah if lives are at stake

but I guess you would rather our service men get killed instead.

[phirili]

10. I imagine somewhere in Bush's fickle mind, he thinks his lies are about

National Security.

[dsc]

12. that isn't what Dean said

He said lives at stake with national security. Those are different. and again would you prefer our service people to die? Yes or no.

[phirili]

23. Provide a scenario that a lie is NECESSARY to save the life of servicemen

then I'll be able to answer you

[dsc]

26. Preisdential spokeman is asked

are we going to attack country z, spokemsan knows we are attacking country z. spokesman says I don't know or no. Either would be a lie. It would be a lie that would save us from anti aircraft fire. In WW2 we routinely lied to the press about our war plans. We denied repeatedly that we were invading Normandy. We denied we were invading Italy.

[phirili]

29. Presidential spokesman is not the President. Try again.

[IndianaGreen]

3. Flamebait

Like all your other previous posts, and it is also a violation of GD rules. It is my sad duty to press the alert button (once again!).

Like we say in Puerto Rico... Adios pato!

[mmonk]

4. It was a trap question

[deminflorida]

7. They're laying trip wires for him everywhere......

I can see the headlines tomorrow,

DEAN SAYS IT'S O.K. TO LIE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE


I support Clark, but this shit by the media is getting ridiculous.

[TheDonkey]

5. It was a bad bad bad answer

[Mattforclark]

6. His answer was decent

He should probably have said something like, "only in a circumstance like the Cuban missile crisis" and then talked about how that was a REAL threat to security, rather than an imagined one.

But it did come rather out of the blue...

[kayleybeth]

8. I'm afraid that answer

is going to come back to haunt him. If * gets caught in a lie, can't ya just hear him... "As Mr. Dean himself once said, sometimes it is necessary to lie in the interest of national security. I did what I had to do to protect the American people blah blah blah blah blah."

[Eloriel]

15. The answer was quite a bit more specific than that

it wasn't just "national security," but more focused on infdividual lives.

[kayleybeth]

18. You're right

but that's how shrub would spin it.

[Bombtrack]

11. He gave an appropriate answer

see I can talk nicely about Dean

[killbotfactory]

13. Yes he said he would lie constantly as president

And kill many people for no reason.

[DuctapeFatwa]

27. That, and a pile of money, is what makes him "electable"

There is a very good chance he will be selected to put a Democrat face on the PNAC strategies!

[alphafemale]

16. Whereas * thinks it's OK to lie to us only on days that end with "y"

:mad:

[Rowdyboy]

17. Koppel was totally out of control

All the media is obsessed with "gotcha" journalism. Its past sickening.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

19. I Think the NH Guy Asked That Question

But Koppel was absolutely out of control. What a smug fuck.

I am wondering if they've got some "gotcha" dirt they're going to spring on Dean about him lying while he was governor.

DTH

[mmonk]

21. This is why we need to somehow

change how the debates are done.

[Mattforclark]

24. It's not journalism

It's... it's... whatever the Nat'l enquirer is.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

25. "Trash Tabloidism"

I think I just made that phrase up. :-)

DTH

[TrueAmerican]

20. Dean did a very, very, very poor job of

answering that question. He gave Bush an opening. Wasn't the Dean campaign prepared for this. Looks like they will be doing damage control for the next month.

[Jonathan Fox]

22. His answer was the "right" one

Yes, when it's a national security/lives at stake issue, which is the "right" answer, even if it's bait for a smear.

[Moderator]

28. I am locking this.

It is inflammatory.


DU Moderator