(August 21, 2012 at 5:21 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I love the 'I misspoke' excuse. As if the only offensive thing that came out of his mouth was his poor usage of words.
I can't properly express my disdain for the 'I misspoke so all is well' canard. When it's invoked, I quickly envision myself being the declic operator during Marie Antoinette's demise (I invoke Antoinette memetically; not historically).
This bit of bullshit is rolled out by politicians of all stripes when caught in a blatant lie, such as the time Hillary used it to retract her bullet dodging experience on a Bosnian tarmac, or as in this case when a politician bares his true soul (sole might be more appropriate) only to realize the consequences of his self-betrayal. What they are all really saying is that it doesn't matter what they do, we plebians should mind our place and forget the matter.
