Sheldon Richman of the Future of Freedom Foundation on False in One, False in All:
When I was a newspaper reporter covering the criminal courts in Pennsylvania, lawyers always told juries they were entitled to apply this old legal principle to any witness: falsis in unum, falsis in omnibus — false in one thing, false in all things. This means that if jurors determined that a witness was untruthful in one material statement, they were justified in dismissing the witness’s entire testimony.
If juries are entitled to do this, so, I submit, are the American people with respect to presidents, even President Bush.
The one difference is that according to the evidence, Bush has not been false in only one thing. Two cases come to mind. (There are undoubtedly others.)
Almost 300 dead and 1000 wounded American troops and over 6000 dead Iraqis and still the lies keep coming.