Looks like all you guys have joined the "Why wait until we hear the evidence at trial, we can make out minds up now?!" team.
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Transcribed part of speech begins at 10.33 13 May 1999, National Press Club, Washington DC, USA This is an incomplete transcript made by Raven Developers . It covers the most famous 'rant' part of the speech. Now having somewhat successfully established my Press credentials and
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POLITICIAN: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE LOT SMARTER THAN THEY ARE GIVEN CREDIT FOR. (LAUGHS)
This is said with a straight face although it's obvious of course that the proposition is stated precisely backwards (LAUGHS). But the POLITICIANS, god bless them or something like that, they're are at their most entertaining when they're are in trouble. When they're in trouble, their explanations usually begin simply with words like MISS-COMMUNICATION;
QUESTION: WHAT DID YOU DO WRONG, SENATOR?
POLITICIAN: WELL, IT WAS A MISS-COMMUNICATION. OR: I WAS QUOTED OUT OF CONTEXT.
Better yet, and more ironic, 'THEY TWISTED MY WORDS.' Such a nice touch. A person who routinely spends his days torturing the language complains;
POLITICIAN: THEY TWISTED MY WORDS. (LAUGHS)
Then, as the controversy continues to heat up, he moves to his next level of complaint:
POLITICIAN: THE WHOLE THING HAS BEEN BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION.
It's always the whole thing. Apparently no one has ever claimed that only a small portion of something (LAUGHS) was blown out of proportion. It has to be the WHOLE THING. That's because now he's feeling the heat and so as time passes and more evidence comes in he suddenly changes directions and tells us:
POLITICIAN: WERE TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS!
Now hes on the side of law and order, jiu jitsu really:
POLITICIAN: WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS SO WE CAN GET THE FACTS OUT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
That's always a nice touch, American people. In fact at this point he might even say:
POLITICIAN: I'M WILLING TO TRUST IN THE FAIRNESS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Clearly he's preparing us for something (LAUGHS). And so when finally all the facts come out and our subject seems quite guilty he employs that sublime use of the passive voice:
POLITICIAN: MISTAKES WERE MADE. MISTAKES WERE MADE, DON'T LOOK AT ME, PROBABLY SOMEONE IN MY OFFICE. THINGS ARE MOVING FASTER NOW, MISTAKES WERE MADE.
Is rapidly overtaken by:
POLITICIAN: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE, NO ONE HAS PROVEN ANYTHING EVENTUALLY I'LL BE EXONERATED. I'VE FAITH IN THE AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM.
And that certain sign that things are closing in:
POLITICIAN: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY (LAUGHS)
Whatever happened... Well...Well he's about to find out! (LAUGHS) And we know this must be true because the next thing we hear from him is:
POLITICIAN: I JUST WANNA PUT THIS THING BEHIND ME AND GET ON WITH MY LIFE.
I just wanna put this behind me and that's an expression we hear a lot these days in all walks of lives. From people in all walks of life usually the person in question who has committed some unspeakable act.
Yes its true I strangled my wife, shot the triplets, set fire to the house and sold my young son to an old man on the train (LAUGHS) But now... I just wanna put this thing behind me and get on with my life (CLAPS, LAUGHS). That's the problem in this country too many people getting on with their lives. I think what we really need more of is ritual suicide, you know. Never mind the press conferences get the big knife out of the drawer.
