BOULTON: There are those who would say look, lets take Guantanamo Bay, and Abu Ghraib, and rendition and all those things and to them that is the complete opposite of freedom.
BUSH: Of course, if you want to slander America.
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Hmmph. I though slander meant when what people were saying about you was untrue.
It also has to *hurt* your reputation. For example, I can say that “George Bush is the stupidest human to ever occupy the Oval Office” without slandering. Not only could it be true on a factual basis, but my characterizing him as “human” might actually be perceived as *enhancing* his reputation, not diminishing it.
Hey Georgie — You’ve never said anything “Untrue” that “Hurt America’s Reputation”, have you?
(Via Think Progress » Bush: Critics Of Gitmo, Abu Ghraib And Rendition Are ‘Slandering America’.)
