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[aid] => mick
[title] => TRUTH-LITE
[time] => 2004-07-13 03:41:36
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[bodytext] => 'Although we have not found stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, we were right to go into Iraq.' This is a statement Not a fact It does not justify The Iraq attack 'I had a choice to make: either take the word of a madman or defend America. Given that choice, I will defend America every time.' These two are not Opposing poles It’s not one or the other Simplistic goals 'We removed a declared enemy of America, who had the capability of producing weapons of mass destruction and could have passed that capability to terrorists bent on acquiring them.' No capability was found Do I hear you sigh He keeps on telling The same old lie Like a broken record He keeps lying on “We did right Though WMD were gone!” A politician Is NEVER wrong They just keep playing The same old song “I am tough!” “I am right!” “Black is White!” “And Day is Night!” It's the same old story It's TRUTH-LITE He will ALWAYS defend No matter WHAT the facts Using the background boys To cover his tracks They fashion shiny morsels They find the words To make truth-lite From his turds It doesn’t matter WHAT is true They’ll find SOMETHING To convince you A nuance here An innuendo there Some association To bring repair A noble thought Some patriotic lore The backroom boys Have an endless store Look at this! Look at that! THIS is wrong! We are right! It's the same old story It's just TRUTH-LITE What’s the soundbyte for today? What will sound real good to say? What will put Kerry on his heels? It's not the truth it's how it FEELS! Pull their emotions This way and that Look real saintly (And not like a rat) Pretend to the high ground The resolute way! (Not the ugly truth Of reality) There were no WMDs in Iraq? Okay… We'll get round that... Emphasise another tack Pick up that OTHER bat Twist and turn Yet still look right That’s quite a trick It is TRUTH-LITE [comments] => 0 [counter] => 150 [topic] => 41 [informant] => steeleyes [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => political )
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