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   From: ClaviusFairAndBalanced@cablespeed.com   
      
   "Clave"  wrote in message   
   news:106umlichinkn5d@corp.supernews.com...   
   > "Mike Smith"  wrote in message   
   > news:rqlu601b7p5u20g6kj2m04tbmn59pbc34v@4ax.com...   
   > > atheist@home.com wrote:   
   > >   
   > > =Say, didn't you think it was really funny that after   
   > > =writing his book "Lying Liars" that the honorable   
   > > =  Mr. Franken had to apoligize when he   
   > > =was caught telling lies?   
   > >   
   > > I haven't read the book yet, although I sort of   
   > > like him. What lie(s) did he get caught for?   
   >   
   > None.  He's probably referring to this:   
   >   
   >     You'll notice that in his column, Rich [Lowry] accuses me of   
   >     a grand total of two lies. First, that I described him as   
   >     "terrified" during our initial phone call. Believe me, he was.   
   >     Rich says that's impossible because we were being "jocular."   
   >     Thing is, it's actually possible to joke while you're terrified.   
   >     In fact, that was the entire basis for centuries of Jewish humor.   
   >   
   >     The second lie is that I claimed that Rich had stopped talking   
   >     about Democrats feminizing politics after our encounter on the   
   >     phone. But, in fact, I wrote that I just *thought* he had, and   
   >     even held out the possibility that Rich had indeed continued   
   >     that nonsense. Still I could have assigned one of my research   
   >     assistants to Nexis all of Rich's articles, and for that I   
   >     apologize. We were busy trying to confirm that Iraq had   
   >     attempted to buy uranium from Niger.   
      
   Beg pardon -- I forgot to include the source:   
      
   http://www.nationalreview.com/debates/lowry-franken200311180854.asp   
      
   Jim   
      
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