Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Mollie Hemingway, Ed. ·
September 5, 2012 at 4:16pm
I don't recommend lying. Even if it weren't a sin, it reflects poorly on your character.
But if you're going to lie, at least be smart about it. Here are some tips:
--Don't publicly claim someone else said something they didn't.
--And don't deny you made remarks and accuse a reporter of making it up if he has audio tape.
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Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Is there any chance that she will lose her re-election bid? The public exposure that she is getting ought to provide an opportunity for an insurgent, and symbolic victories of this sort can serve a real purpose in encouraging the survivors to cooperate.
Edited on September 5, 2012 at 6:24pmJul '11
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie WS has bigger [redacted for Code of Conduct] than most politicians I know. She should go into academia - she will get paid lots of money to do one thing that she does so well- lie with confidence!
Here's a woman that is not pleasant to look at, particularly grating to listen to - and lies repeatedly, in print (the Queen of Media / oops, Anderson Cooper edition), on tape (the current controversy). But does any of this phase her? Nooooo... This woman can lie!
Edited on September 5, 2012 at 5:10pmNov '11
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
It just annoys me when people are obviously unskilled at their jobs.
May '10
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Stupidity knows no bounds. You don't even have to be a person in a public position to understand that the potential of an electronic record existing of everything you say and do is extremely high in today's world of cheap, small digital recording devices.
The "I was misquoted" or "It was taken out of context" defense is really no defense.
Feb '11
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
She is doing her job. Those who sent her seem to think she does it well.
Apr '12
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
What we're seeing here is the consequence of a culture deeply mired in relativity.
The question is: Does she actually believe her own lies?
The answer is: Yes, because if there is a way her claims could be seen as truth, they they can be accepted as truth.
This may be why the Democratic message appears to be directed to the uneducated and hypnotized, it is addressing uncritical minds and prefers it that way.
May '10
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Unfortunately no. Dr. Rhae, surely you understand one of the basic concept of politics: Yes, he's a lying rat, but he's our lying rat.
Nov '10
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Whenever I see the woman's face, the same words go through my head: "We wants it, Precious!" I'm sorry, I'm not trying to attack her personally. I'm just telling you how I feel!
Jan '11
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Highlama:
This may be why the Democratic message appears to be directed to the uneducated and hypnotized, it is addressing uncritical minds and prefers it that way.
That arrow points in both directions. The message may have been intended for the weak-minded, but it also comes from some pretty weak minds as well.
Jul '10
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Inveterate liars live in an alternate reality. They make things up, and then believe them. The fact that they believed something different previously doesn't affect their current sensibility. To them there IS no "past" - only what they are saying now.
Jan '12
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
I rather think that, instead of a case of her 'believing her own lies' (which is almost unbelievable!), that she operates on the premise that: 'the end justifies the means'.
Nov '10
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
She sad this in defense of whatever it was she did or did not say about whatever it was that the Michael Oren did or did not say:
We can't suggest there is daylight between the parties on Israel (so we can't call out the differences between the Rs and the Ds? Or there isn't any differences?)
Thats harmful to Israel (that there are no differences, that we can't point to the differences, what?)
I really don't understand.
Jan '11
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Well, you see, quoting her directly only gets the letter of the facts right. What we're all missing is the spirit of her facts, which is like, you know, a whole different thing.
Nov '11
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Devereaux
Inveterate liars live in an alternate reality. They make things up, and then believe them. The fact that they believed something different previously doesn't affect their current sensibility. To them there IS no "past" - only what they are saying now. · 3 minutes ago
Or alternately: She's just really bad at her job.
Jun '12
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
But Mollie, reporters are all supposed to be good rank-and-file Democrats, and they're only supposed to call the eeeeeeeeeeeeevil Wepubwicans on their lies, not the oh-so-pure Democrats!
Mar '11
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
This reminds me of a scene from Strange Brew:
Claude Elsinore: And I'd like to point out that these tapes have not been faked, or altered in any way. In fact they have time coding, which is very hard to fake.
The Judge: For the benefit of the court would you please explain "time coding."
Claude Elsinore: Well, uh... just because I don't know what it is, it doesn't mean I'm lying.
Apr '12
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
That's the implication of believing one's own lies. When we condition our minds that our preferred result is the "best truth" anything that creates that end is part of that "best truth".
Mar '12
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Watching DWS and Axelrod on tv reminds me of the Mary McCarthy line: Every word is a lie, including 'and' and 'the.'
I did hear the Durban diatribe on Fox as he failed to defend the Dem party plank and instead blamed Fox for something the moderator had not said. You can add Durban to the "every word is a lie" pantheon of shame.
To borrow from the poet: If you got nothin', you got nothin' to lose. You're invisible, you got no secrets to call your own.
Oct '11
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One Anderson Cooper confronted her about using a misleading quote in a fundraising email, basically twisting the quote so much that it was a lie, she responded, "it doesn't matter, Anderson, the point is that Romney is bad for women."
Yes, the ends justify the means.
Jun '11
Re: Lying Protips for Debbie Wasserman Schultz
"Bigger [redacted for Code of Conduct]" passed CofC muster. Good to know!
Edited on September 5, 2012 at 5:28pm