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
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My sins here are embellishing my résumé.
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"I didn’t realize how high a price we were going to pay for that lie."
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"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."
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"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.
@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!