What's the best way for a politician to say "I lied"?
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6%
"My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not."
25%
Don't be so overly dramatic about it. You're saying it's a falsehood, and our press secretary gave... alternative facts.
1%
Fraudian slip
7%
My sins here are embellishing my résumé.
11%
"I didn’t realize how high a price we were going to pay for that lie."
4%
"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."
6%
"The mistake was mine, sorry."
10%
We didn't break our promise, we came to a different view - Jim chalmers 27 Jan 24
31%
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Only answers that have actually been used are valid. (A bit of editorializing is fine.)
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"I didn’t realize how high a price we were going to pay for that lie."
@IsaacKing Maybe, but to me, "alternative facts" seems to be the best outright. Perhaps people didn't submit cuz they couldn't beat it? 😉
@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!
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