September 5, 2019
Gaffe vs. Lie
I don’t think I am an apologist for Joe Biden, but I find all of the coverage he is getting for making gaffes very tiresome. Running to Merriam Webster’s is a crutch, but a gaffe is defined as a social or diplomatic blunder. A gaffe is not ideal, but it is not evil. A lie, on the other hand, is defined as an untrue statement with intent to deceive. The word “intent” is stressed. The person lying is well aware that what he is saying is not true. Per the Washington Post, Donald Trump has lied over 12,000 times. In other words, he has intended to deceive you over 12,000 times. Let that sink in. I find it unimaginable that some are trying to create a false equivalency between Trump’s lying and Biden’s gaffeing. Stuart Varney of Fox News actually said that he believed that Trump has never lied. Following that line of reasoning and incredible level of rationalization, Biden has never made a gaffe. Neither statement is obviously true. I can deal with an occasional, unharmful, unintentional gaffe. Can you deal with a steady stream of destructive lies?
The Spin Doctor 