That, sir, would be a lie.
Here's a pretty old legacy post from the blog archives of Geekery Today; it was written about 20 years ago, in 2004, on the World Wide Web.
I remembered the quote, and I knew he was lying when I saw it on Wednesday:
Yes. When the president had an opportunity to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, he took his focus off of him, outsourced the job to Afghan warlords and Osama bin Laden escaped. Six months after he said Osama bin Laden must be caught dead or alive this president was asked, where’s Osama bin Laden? And he said,
I don’t know. I don’t really think about very much. I’m not that concerned.We need a president who stays deadly focused on the real war on terror.Mr. President.
Gosh, I don’t think I ever said I’m not worried about Osama bin Laden. That’s kind of one of those exaggerations.
No, it’s not. Thanks to the Daily Mislead, we have the sources ready at hand:
But don’t you believe that the threat that bin Laden posed won’t truly be eliminated until he is found either dead or alive?
Well, as I say, we haven’t heard much from him. And I wouldn’t necessarily say he’s at the center of any command structure. And, again, I don’t know where he is. I — I’ll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him.
You can see it for yourself: when the Bush League give speeches, they just lie.
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