They are totally different statements and are dishonest.

It's never killed a single person in the history of mankind and there's no reason it should be illegal.

People have the wrong impression about it.

Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest.

I was profoundly shocked by the statements of the Iranian president, which are totally senseless and irresponsible,

If Tom Daschle or another Democratic leader were to have made similar statements, the reaction would have been very swift, ... I don't think several hours would have gone by without there being an almost unanimous call for the leader to step aside.