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eppur_se_muova

(42,857 posts) Sat Jun 13, 2026, 09:41 AM Saturday

"It's not that {he} has changed his mind, but that rather a number of words in the English language have ..."

"... suddenly and spontaneously changed their meaning."

From a famous 18th- or 19th-century British politician -- can't remember who. I was thinking about Trmp's flip-flopping (didn't that used to be a BAD thing ?) on the war/not-a-war in Iran, and this quote burbled up from the recesses of decades-old memory. It seems to fit Trmp -- he genuinely seems to believe that if he claims he didn't say something, he didn't say it, no matter what that lying videotape says from however many different angles.

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"It's not that {he} has changed his mind, but that rather a number of words in the English language have ..." (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Saturday OP

I recall when NPR, famous bastion of The Liberal Media Machine... Orrex Saturday #1

Yeah, I remember when talking heads said "flip-flopping" was the worst thing a president (or a candidate) could do. sop Saturday #2

Orrex

(67,515 posts)

1. I recall when NPR, famous bastion of The Liberal Media Machine...

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Sat Jun 13, 2026, 09:46 AM

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ran two separate stories on flip-flops (the shoes) to poke fun at John Kerry's flip-flops during the campaign.

Years later this same "Liberal" organization would explicitly--that is, through a formal statement by the ombudsman--decline to call Trump a liar.

So Trump's flip-flops don't even cause a ripple in the media.

sop

(19,771 posts)

2. Yeah, I remember when talking heads said "flip-flopping" was the worst thing a president (or a candidate) could do.

Reply to Orrex (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 09:58 AM

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Now corporate media hacks are too afraid to say it's beating up a 14-year-old girl for biting your mushroom.

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