Just My 2 offers this 2000 flashback in the George W. Bush time machine:
BUSH: If there’s pattern of just exaggeration and stretches to try to win votes, it says something about leadership as far as I’m concerned, because once you’re the president, you can’t stretch. In foreign diplomacy there needs to be a plain-spoken, you know, attitude.
What kind of “exaggeration” was Bush referring to? Al Gore’s mistake during the presidential debate in saying he had toured a particular disaster with FEMA Director James Witt.
So what does Bush’s “stretch” test say about the leadership of Dick “the first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight” Cheney?