• Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    To be fair, I’ve read that the Texas proverb bit was him cutting himself off mid sentence to prevent a sound bite of him saying “shame on me”. I have no idea of the veracity of the claim but it’s interesting if true.

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      5 months ago

      Likely! Politicians will never say anything negative about themselves because it comes back to haunt them. Also why they never apologize or admit fault.