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Political tap-dancing has been parodied for generations and that still happens.

Heck, Cheney all but quoted Reagan's "I don't recall"-defense as a 20th anniversary tribute and that had been lampooned specifically.

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Or, for balance, Obama saying "I am acting alone on the border" and then at the border "Congress does not do its job."

That's not really "being political" since both statements are true. Congress didn't act on the immigration problem, so he acted on his own with the limited power of the Executive. This isn't a good example.

Well, one could argue "he is not acting" since thousands of kids keep flowing in, and one could argue "it's not the job of Congress to act."

Lies don't have to "sound political" to be untrue.

People are downvoting you because this quickly became blatantly off-topic and distracting from the subject at hand, not because of your political views.

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