What's the best way for a politician to say "I lied"?

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"My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not."

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Don't be so overly dramatic about it. You're saying it's a falsehood, and our press secretary gave... alternative facts.

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Fraudian slip

My sins here are embellishing my résumé.

"I didn’t realize how high a price we were going to pay for that lie."

"I did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong. I misled people, including even my wife. I deeply regret that."

"The mistake was mine, sorry."

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We didn't break our promise, we came to a different view - Jim chalmers 27 Jan 24

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My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not.

There's a lot to criticize Ronald Regan for, but having just returned from reading the full speech: it's a banger of an apology.

@DanHomerick can you summarise what his lie was?

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Finnish Minister of Treasury Stubb after being caught saying 90% of the feedback for a bill were positive, when real number was 10%.

How is best defined here? Morally best? Best way to get the public back on their side? Best non-apology or way to pass it off as not a big deal? Best way to convince people that they actually didn't lie?

@PlasmaBallin Funniest

Said by Eisenhower of the 1960 U-2 incident

How could we forget about Santos??

I don't really get this one; it's just a straightforward decision of what he did, so I don't see why it's funny.

Hmm, this is kinda sad. Should I reopen and wait for more submissions?

@IsaacKing Maybe, but to me, "alternative facts" seems to be the best outright. Perhaps people didn't submit cuz they couldn't beat it? 😉

"What are we, some kinda... alternative facts?"

Fraudian slip - Bush style!

https://youtu.be/wUEr7TayrmU?si=riSKdWJEhkaF_aGb

@Daniel_MC Hmm, is that really a lie?

@IsaacKing you could say that he's admitting this his justification for invading Iraq was unjustified and based on lies.

I'm definitely taking the view that manifold voters prefer a memeable admission of deceit though!

"My opponent is being bad faith by focusing so much on what I said. I believe in doing X, and that has always been the most important thing that separates my party and their party."

@Tumbles Source?

@IsaacKing https://youtu.be/r7l0Rq9E8MY?si=z1kEwtG1NpheIiTZ

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