I’m surprised that people here are going down the “they lied” route than the much more fruitful “democrats are unable to speak without several implicit conditional clauses appended”.
Nah, I think there's a distinction. Accusing them of "lying" gives the horde of "well actually" types the opportunity to jump in with Snopes articles and more detailed contemporary write-ups to go on and on about how they weren't lying.
The second approach cuts right through that issue.
Look I'm just saying that this is a criticism that has lost its purchase in modern politics and I would have thought the 4000 "big Drumpf ultra-liar" articles would have made that apparent.
It's the same picture
Nah, I think there's a distinction. Accusing them of "lying" gives the horde of "well actually" types the opportunity to jump in with Snopes articles and more detailed contemporary write-ups to go on and on about how they weren't lying.
The second approach cuts right through that issue.
The Snopes articles are also lying.
Look I'm just saying that this is a criticism that has lost its purchase in modern politics and I would have thought the 4000 "big Drumpf ultra-liar" articles would have made that apparent.