Steve Martin on WMDs: "Depends on What 'Have' Means"...

Steve Martin on the "16 Words"
New York Times August 8, 2003

It All Depends on What You Mean by 'Have'
By STEVE MARTIN

So if you're asking me did Iraq have weapons of mass destruction, I'm saying, well, it all depends on what you mean by "have."
See, I can "have" something without actually having it. I can "have" a cold, but I don't own the cold, nor do I harbor it. Really, when you think about it, the cold has me, or even more precisely, the cold has passed through me. Plus, the word "have" has the complicated letter "v" in it. It seems that so many words with the letter "v" are words that are difficult to use and spell. Like "verisimilitude." And "envelope."

Therefore, when you ask me, "Did Iraq have weapons of mass destruction," I frankly don't know what you're talking about. Do you mean currently? Then why did you say "did?" Think about "did." What the heck does that mean? Say it a few times out loud. Sounds silly. I'm beginning to think it's just the media's effort to use a fancy palindrome, rather than ask a pertinent question.

And how do I know you're not saying "halve?" "Did Iraq halve weapons of mass destruction?" How should I know? What difference does it make? That's a stupid question.

Let me try and clear it up for you. I think what you were trying to say was, "At any time, did anyone in Iraq think about, wish for, dream of, or search the Internet for weapons of mass destruction?"

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...is he criticizing Dumbo or Dumbo's critics. I had to re-read it twice to try and figure it out. What do you think? On the surface he appeasr to be making fun of Dumbo, but then again, Martin is not exactly a Democrat.

And he's pretty clearly taking a stab at shrub.

He's GREAT!

steve martin is great and a very smart guy.

he took the lie right to the BJ hoopla on what is IS. and he is showing that one lie is probably WORSE than one.
unfortunately most people will not get something so subtle. the sheeple need a 2X4.

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