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...LIE" was what they got. The New York Post trumpets "LIAR LIAR" on its front page - and the post-debate spin cycle becomes about Gore's perceived chronic character flaw. And so it has gone every week since the debates. The image is enshrined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This May Be a Pre-Mortem of the 2000 Campaign | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

...matter that that Gore has in fact visited Texan fire sites (but with another FEMA executive)? Did it matter that he had made other visits to Texas with James Lee Witt? Were Gore's words a misstatement or a lie? What would have been the benefit in intentionally lying about such a trivial fact? Was it important either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This May Be a Pre-Mortem of the 2000 Campaign | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

...pounce on any and every discrepancy like a bulldog lawyer seeking to discredit a witness. It wouldn't matter how tiny the variance. Any deviation could be characterized as an embellishment, an exaggeration, an untruth, a dishonesty. And then finally the word that would superglue Gore to Clinton. A lie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This May Be a Pre-Mortem of the 2000 Campaign | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

...poison gas there." The RNC oppo staff giggles at this and Griffin bellows: "This family stuff is killing me... let's check his uncle!" There is a flurry of activity - and then palpable disappointment that Gore's uncle really was a gas victim. "OK, so that is not a lie..." Griffin grimaces, and phones the bad news to a waiting colleague: "Hey... we confirmed the uncle tear-gas story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This May Be a Pre-Mortem of the 2000 Campaign | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

...cameras catch him on the phone exulting to a colleague: "You know what this would be perfect for is... Get one of these AP reporters or somebody on it for the next few days and then we get a lie out of it... and roll a few days with a new lie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This May Be a Pre-Mortem of the 2000 Campaign | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

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