Comments on: A Rule

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:51:57 +0000

To paraphrase Dan Akroyd portray Tricky Dick on Saturday Night Live during Watergate: “I accept the responsibility, but the blame. People who accept the blame lose their jobs.”

By: oldwhitelady

oldwhitelady — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:20:58 +0000

I guess that would be one way of them taking responsibility at all…

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:19:11 +0000

“Mistakes were made” and “I accept responsibility” were popularized by Richard Milhous Nixon during a spot of bother he had. I really think they need some new writers instead of re-reading old scripts.

OT: Your comments hate me. They keep dumping me over the codeword.

By: Moi ;)

Moi ;) — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:41:54 +0000

You’re assuming they know how to open a dictionary to find out how to use the words….if they can remember how to spell them…. ;D

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:35:17 +0000

It’s like if you admit you’re guilty of a crime, you don’t get convicted. It’s absurd – how can there be “responsibility” if there is no “accountability.”

By: Ron Davison

Ron Davison — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:48:04 +0000

Or perhaps you should be forced to resign or commit suicide if you do use the terms.

By: ellroon

ellroon — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:34:28 +0000

Omg! I laughed. Thanks, linking to this!

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:33:01 +0000

Amen! In modern political discourse, the phrase "I take responsibility" is semantically equivalent to the null character. The phrase "mistakes were made" is semantically equivalent to "But it's not my fault!" (/whine)