From: "Robert G Lewis" 

Got any information on the trust ?

Bob Lewis

"Mark"  wrote in message
news:41697cae{at}w3.nls.net...
> LOL Bob, you miss the point - he doesn't "own" a timber
company. He has a
> part interest in a trust, who in turn owns (now, but not when that big $84
> check came in) half of a timber company. Sorry, but my imagination just
> doesn't stretch so far as to consider that "ownership" of a
company twice
> removed. I'll stick with my previous categorization that if I own a share
> of, say, Hilton Hotels, I am not a hotel owner by any stretch of the
> imagination.
>
> FactCheck does, http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx{at}docID=275.html ,
> seem to think it is "ownership" but I disagree.
>
> You're right though, it was a funny spot of the debate. 
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:41697887$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>I thought Bush saying he didn't own a timber company to be amusing. It's a
>>good zinger but when you make such you do need to make sure you are
>>correct in your statements. Had he not made the big to do over it it would
>>not matter.
>>
>> Bob Lewis
>>
>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>> news:4169757a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> ROFL - To consider that Bush (or you, or I, or anyone) profiting by $84
>>> means he "owns" a timber company is ridiculuous on
the face of it.
>>> That's like saying those TV ads running for some broker implying that
>>> someone arriving at a hotel to special treatment by the staff because
>>> they "own" the hotel chain reflect the truth.
>>>
>>> To think that someone in Bush's position (or anyone with more than a
>>> couple dozen investments) is going to remember any or all investments
>>> that net him $84 in any given year is disengenuous as well.
>>>
>>> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote
in message
>>> news:4169709c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Now Now we all know Bush is an honest, honorable man. So
when he said
>>>> he didn't own any part of a timber company he was telling the truth.
>>>> It's his accountant fault that he failed a false tax return, or his
>>>> lawyers or somebody else
>>>>
>>>> Bob Lewis
>>>>
>>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
in message
>>>> news:41696f75$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> This is when you lose all credibility. Even I'll admit
that BOTH sides
>>>>> are bending the truth so far that it's already snapped
quite a few
>>>>> times.
>>>>>
>>>>> Has Bush figured out that his ownership in a timber
company is on his
>>>>> tax return yet?  
>>>>>
>>>>> Both sides
>>>>> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
>>>>> news:41696a66$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> There are plenty of lies being told, but all by
democraps and John
>>>>>> Kerry.
>>>>>> Does anyone believe him that he won't cut and run
in Iraq?  Does
>>>>>> anyone
>>>>>> believe him when he says he won't raise taxes? 
Does anyone believe
>>>>>> him when
>>>>>> he say he will get France to send troops to Iraq? 
Oh and don't
>>>>>> forget, he's
>>>>>> only had  one position on Iraq.  He's never
waivered on anything in
>>>>>> his
>>>>>> life.  LOL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> His supporters know all these things are lies. 
They are counting on
>>>>>> them
>>>>>> being lies.  They support him in lying to try and
get elected.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Monte Davis"
 wrote in message
>>>>>> news:hefim0ha41clmntpm581s6839t32bpuba0{at}4ax.com...
>>>>>>> John Cuccia  wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > I don't understand why people
>>>>>>> >believe a word that Bush says.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Because he's resolute and doesn't flip-flop, of course.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Facts, numbers -- pfooey!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Monte
>>>>>>
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