Politicians Excel at Lying
This recalls another president who was good at lying. Bill Clinton claimed he did not have sex with intern Monica Lewinsky. “There is nothing going on between us,” he asserted, as reported by Slate at the time. Later and under oath, Clinton was asked before a grand jury if he was still ( currently ) having sex with Lewinsky. His famous reply:“It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. If the — if he — if‘is’ means is and never has been, that is not — that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement. … Now, if someone had asked me on that day, are you having any kind of sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky, that is, asked me a question in the present tense, I would have said no. And it would have been completely true.”
Hairs then and now have never been split so finely.
In 1998, several Clinton defenders left a Cabinet meeting with the president and buttressed his claims of innocence. The group was led by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who said: “ I believe that the allegations are completely untrue." Commerce Secretary William Daley said, “I'll second that.” Education Secretary Dick Riley added, "I've already said that.”
The same lying, dissembling and coverup is happening again from the more than 50 intelligence officers claiming material found on Hunter’s laptop was “Russian disinformation,” to Hunter’s reversal of previous lies, while he apparently continues to lie about other things and some Democrats claim there is nothing there.
When it comes to Washington (the city, not George), if you never trust a politician you will never be disappointed.
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