“It depends on what the definition of ‘it’ is.”
I know an affair is a weird thing to bring a president down for (seriously America?), but the above quote (which is the first thing that shows up on Google autosearch when you type “it depends on”) is trying hard. As someone who has dodged her share of questions before, Bill Clinton might as well have chewed it over with Twix.
Pendantic, but it was “is is,” not “it is.”
Contending his statement that “there’s nothing going on between us” had been truthful because he had no ongoing relationship with Lewinsky at the time he was questioned, Clinton said, "It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.
The affair was just ammunition not the motivation behind the impeachment. Newt Gingrich was the one who spearheaded it, and while this was all happening, left his wife (sick with cancer) to pursue a relationship with someone he’d been having an affair with. He even had her served with papers at the hospital while she was receiving chemo treatments. He also left her penniless.
Mike Lindell’s deposition testimony was made public a month or two ago, and it is hilarious and sad.
Well I just came here from a thread where Googles economist accidentally revealed how much Google pays Apple (to be their default search engine in safari) while trying to dodge questions. That’s got to make the list.
Recently re-watched the Prince Andrew BBC interview, and it is just wall-to-wall question dodging:
Why are you so interested, what are you up to? ANSWER US!
These GOP debates.
“I did not have sexual relationship”
Say someone was accused of doing something, but there was no proof, even though they knew they did the thing except for the judge, and everyone knows they did the thing, just keep your lips sealed during all questions and claim the 5th.
Shortly after the terrorist attacks in Paris in 2015, a football match was cancelled here in Germany because of a terror warning. There was a press conference with our Federal Minister of the Interior at the time, Thomas de Maizière. When asked for more information, he did not want to reveal that there was another warning for a train station. So he thought the best thing he could say to dodge the question was:
“Parts of the answer might unsettle the population.”
Calmed everyone down immediately.
Anytime a GOP politician is asked for a straight answer for why they do the shit they do.
