It's simple. Liberals believe that nothing that comes out of their own mouth can ever be classified as a lie.
In the reality of liberals there is no objective record of fact or substance, only shades of interpretation. The fact that she was at the briefing didn't mean she was physically there, or if it did and she felt emotionally disconnected from what was being discussed, or if her mind wandered, then she wasn't REALLY there, was she?
The fact that they showed a complete and thorough demonstration of what water-boarding was, made mention of its use, declared intention to use it under limited circumstances in the days to come didn't mean she knew anything about it... right?
Like the definition of "is," liberals don't know things objectively, rather only what they are told, what they choose to believe, and what they intended for things to mean.
Actual substance, definitions of words, indisputable facts are all things that can be explained away, understood to be something, anything other than what they actually are.
It actually stems from a very sad reality for them all, a lack of belief in absolute truth. If nothing can be seen, understood, or intended to be absolutely true--than nothing is true, everything is subjective, and the only person who gets to decide what is what is the person speaking at the moment.
This is how liberals operate.
Abortion is not taking the life of an innocent human being. Adultery is not engaging in oral sex with someone who is not your spouse. Marriage is not the sanctified union of a man and woman. Tax cuts can be given to people who do not pay taxes. Water-boarding is torture though it leaves no scars nor permanent damage. Nationalizing the banks, car companies, and mortgage industries is not socialism. Increasing gun control is not taking away second amendment rights of citizens. Closing Gitmo doesn't mean shutting it down. And for this president especially, letting born children starve to death in soiled hospital utility closets is just allowing a woman the right to choose.
Nancy rose through the ranks under the President that did this the best. He even wagged his finger at the American people, looked them straight in the eye and told whoppers.
But when liberals do it, it's not lying.
How Pelosi emerges from this with any dignity is hard to imagine. Yet the people of this nation deserve better.
And when elected leaders have forgotten how to be truthful to the voters, perhaps its time for them to do the honorable thing and suddenly have a desire to spend more time with their grand-babies. You know, those fetuses who were lucky enough not to be labeled blobs of tissue, carried to term, and killed in utero?
Nancy had a perfectly acceptable way out of the mess: “Tell people that following 9/11 she felt water-boarding was an acceptable thing to do to save the lives of Americans at risk, but that now she has changed her thinking on the issue.”
Which in essence is exactly what happened.
And if she had, she wouldn't be in hiding from what will become a relentless pursuit for the facts.
Mr. Panetta has already established more than enough headaches for her on that front.
And for what its worth, I also don't think that by plugging her ears, clicking her heels, and screaming, "Bush is the devil." will bring her much comfort either.
Nancy needs to come clean, even though everyone else already knows what she has yet to admit.
Nancy tells whoppers.
And now its time for Nancy, to go home!