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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
It sure looks intellectually dishonest to me.
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Okay Pete. Stick with me on this. I agree... but.
You are technically correct. He didn't say it. We wouldn't attribute it to him in a newscast. Here's the 'but'.
But what is your point? Are you suggesting that he didn't believe it? Later you suggest that every member of Congress was also party to it. Are you suggesting that they didn't believe it either? Okay, would George W Bush have signed such a document? Would the Republicans in Congress have agreed to that language in the treaty? I can tell you right now the answer is no on both counts.
What does that tell us? It tells us that they were indeed much more liberal in their positions on religion than we are today. Which, I believe, is counter to your argument. You have in fact demonstrated exactly the point the miss-quite was attempting to make.
So you are right. Which in fact proves that you are wrong.