FromMyColdDeadHand
04-02-19, 18:01
Not talking about her POTUS run, but I think that the Clintons were the first, then perfected, and are the best at handling a scandal or negative news.
Of course, lie-deny-counteracuse has been around for a long time, but the Clintons perfected it. The lying was through not remembering, which allows them to deny and who can forget the counteracusation of "The right-wing conspiracy" against them. All the while never admitting to anything and just carrying on. Most pols would have quit in shame after the Lewinsky crimes- not the Clintons. The denied everything until there was scientific proof- very unusual. With out the dress, it would just be another 'bimbo'.
Throw your allies under the bus and get them to repeat your lies as their truths is another trick.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/us/virginia-scandal-northam-fairfax.html
“Don’t apologize, move on, and everybody will talk about something else next week,” is how Ben Tribbett, a Democratic strategist, described it. “Maybe we’ve been doing it wrong over the last 100 years.”
The left stepped in it HUGE with three serial scandals and what will come out of it? The MAGA Hat kids were taken out of the spotlight by the Virginia Dems, which were then saved by Smoulett's crazy deal. No one is going to held accountable and the only lesson learned is smile, hold fast and wait. Kind of like fighting a crashing wave- you don't over power the wave- you let it bash and beat you- and you just out last it.
The Clintons showed that the actual removal from office is hard, really hard- and people's attention span isn't long enough. We rely on people's sense of right and wrong for them to monitor their own behavior. We now have a couple of generations of politicians that have learned that admitting guilt only leads to losing. That isn't good.
Of course, lie-deny-counteracuse has been around for a long time, but the Clintons perfected it. The lying was through not remembering, which allows them to deny and who can forget the counteracusation of "The right-wing conspiracy" against them. All the while never admitting to anything and just carrying on. Most pols would have quit in shame after the Lewinsky crimes- not the Clintons. The denied everything until there was scientific proof- very unusual. With out the dress, it would just be another 'bimbo'.
Throw your allies under the bus and get them to repeat your lies as their truths is another trick.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/us/virginia-scandal-northam-fairfax.html
“Don’t apologize, move on, and everybody will talk about something else next week,” is how Ben Tribbett, a Democratic strategist, described it. “Maybe we’ve been doing it wrong over the last 100 years.”
The left stepped in it HUGE with three serial scandals and what will come out of it? The MAGA Hat kids were taken out of the spotlight by the Virginia Dems, which were then saved by Smoulett's crazy deal. No one is going to held accountable and the only lesson learned is smile, hold fast and wait. Kind of like fighting a crashing wave- you don't over power the wave- you let it bash and beat you- and you just out last it.
The Clintons showed that the actual removal from office is hard, really hard- and people's attention span isn't long enough. We rely on people's sense of right and wrong for them to monitor their own behavior. We now have a couple of generations of politicians that have learned that admitting guilt only leads to losing. That isn't good.