We\u2019re liars, all. We may call it a white lie or one told to spare someone\u2019s feelings, but we all lie. I\u2019ve lied many time about small things \u2013 and some big ones. Sometimes, I\u2019ll embellish a harmless story for comedic effect. But I usually feel so guilty about it, I\u2019ll mention my exaggeration once I\u2019ve gotten the laugh, just to keep the record straight.<\/p>\n
But George Bush lies differently<\/a>. He lies needlessly. When someone lies so thoughtlessly and so regularly and in print, you\u2019ve got to wonder when he ever tells the truth.<\/p>\n When Mr. Bush pumped up the intelligence on Iraqi W.M.D., his exaggerations reflected the overriding truth as he saw it – that Saddam Hussein was a menace. I think Mr. Bush considered himself truthful, even when he wasn’t factual.<\/p>\n If Mr. Bush were a private citizen, I would admire his tenacity, just as I respect Barry Goldwater, Red Sox fans and Flat-Earthers. But for a president, I wish we had a clear-eyed thinker who understood the difference between Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019re liars, all. We may call it a white lie or one told to spare someone\u2019s feelings, but we all lie. I\u2019ve lied many time about small things \u2013 and some big ones. Sometimes, I\u2019ll embellish a harmless story for comedic effect. But I usually feel so guilty about it, I\u2019ll mention my exaggeration once… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}