"A gaffe is when a politician tells the…" — Michael Kinsley

"A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth."

— Michael Kinsley

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24 Quotes by Michael Kinsley

Michael Kinsley has 24 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Many 'hard' scientists regard the term 'social science' as an oxymoron. Science means hypotheses you can test, and prove or…
Among the social sciences, economists are the snobs. Economics, with its numbers and graphs and curves, at least has the…
The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.
In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger,…
The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for…
Conservatives and liberals alike have been waiting for this moment for a third of a century.
If sexual intercourse, as the poets tell us, began in 1963, it was another decade and a half before the…
I have a saying: the scandal isn't what's illegal, the scandal is what's legal.
The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges…
He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make…
In 1977, at least, he wished to have people believe that he shared and was proud of an attitude toward…
It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair…

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More Gaffe Quotes

This quote is filed under Gaffe Quotes, one of 9 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me. — Joe Biden
The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth. — Michael Kinsley
I haven’t had a gaffe or something that I’ve done that has caused me to fall in the polls. — Michele Bachmann
Someone once noted that a 'gaffe' in Washington is when a politician accidentally tells the truth. — Jonah Goldberg
Gaffe-focused journalism: revenge of intelligent people who know true evils are out there but lack the access/time to get to… — Alain de Botton
Washington is the only place in the world where a gaffe is when a politician accidently speaks the truth. — Charles Krauthammer
She had destroyed whatever was between us by making a profound gaffe: She met me. — Steve Martin
Spend hundreds of millions; talk endlessly about issues; present 12-point plans for education, the economy, and the environment. But in… — Jack Germond

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