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...Yeah, I believe in God. I go to church once a month, but I can't bring myself to go to confession right now. I don't have the balls yet to do that. I don't know if my sins are going to be forgiven, you know. I broke all the commandments. That's something that I wrestle with, and I know I got to deal with it in time, and I want to deal with it. That's the only peace I think I'll have, if I could get to God. But I don't want...
...intensified search for Arab-Israeli peace were dashed when Riyadh refused direct participation in negotiations with Israel. Only under intense U.S. pressure did the Saudis consent to discuss such peripheral issues with Israel as arms control and water rights if a peace conference is convened. Fahd has not forgiven Jordan's King Hussein and Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat for their support of Saddam, further complicating U.S. efforts to forge a united position among Arab moderates...
...Bush were to dump Dan Quayle for Pete Wilson, voters might be forgiven for thinking the new G.O.P. ticket was composed of clones. Drawling a speech on the hustings, the recently elected Governor of California sounds amazingly like the President. When he screws up his face, he even looks a bit like Bush. There is a political resemblance as well: both are moderates distrusted by the Republican right wing...
What does one more lie matter anyway? Politicians "misspeak" and are forgiven by their followers. Pop singers have been known to dub in better voices. Literary deconstructionists say there's no truth anyway, just ideologies and points of view. Lies, you might say, are the great lubricant of our way of life. They sell products, flatter the powerful, appease the electorate and save vast sums from the IRS. Imanishi-Kari's lie didn't even hurt anyone: no bridges fell, no patients died...
Most of his former opponents have forgiven...