"DSK" wrote
I disagree strongly. I don't think President Bush lies
deliberately at all. .....
One key point is that Bush *believes* what he's saying.....

Our positions are not necessarily mutualy exclusive. I've had the misfortune to
know a couple people like Bush personally. Again, if one asks most people a
simple question they will instinctively tell the truth unless that truth
threatens them. You or I could easily claim to have 120 ft crewed yachts
instead of my old catalina or your trawler but we do not. Some might argue that
our parents crippled us by instilling an instinctive honesty.

Pathological liars do not share that liability - the give answers they believe
best suit their own interests. It may even be true, or partly true, sometimes.
Then they convince themselves it is true, eventually loosing track of what is
real and what is not.

As you say, Bush could pass a lie detector test claiming that Saddam had WMDs he
was about to share with bin Ladin. That's what makes them different than garden
variety liars (Like Clinton and his BJ) and also so dangerous.