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Originally Posted by BrianD
Smugness doesn't win you any points either.
I don't think he did make a mistake. Even Presidential candidates shouldn't have to answer questions by phrasing every individual sentence as if they are the only ones that will be printed. I realize that news outlets will do just this to find a sentence that could be deliberately misconstrued to appear to say the opposite of what it does, but I don't think anyone can prevent that from ever happening.
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Yes, but that's a different argument regarding the modern media. Abe Lincoln could have made the same mistake and no one would have noticed. Obama makes the same mistake and it spreads like wildfire. It doesn't change the fact that, by definition, it was a miscue. I'm sure that we can start another thread on definitions, but this hair-splitting has probably run its course at this point.