Monday, January 10, 2011

Meaning of the word 'Is'

An Our ObamaNation News Brief

President Bill Clinton testifying under oath in 1998

"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the--if he--if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not--that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement....Now, if someone had asked me on that day, are you having any kind of sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky, that is, asked me a question in the present tense, I would have said no. And it would have been completely true."

Jared Loughner's question to House of Representive Gabrielle Giffords in 2007

"What is government if words have no meaning?"