Anyone remember Tom Daschle? I didn't think so. Nevertheless, here are a few political cliches that are belong in the permanent lexicon of American politics: Originally posted in Open Salon after the guy decided he hadn't been spending enough time with his family.)
"An honest mistake" -- The point from which, once admitted, a politician yearns to "move on."
"To move on" -- The publicly pinioned politician's starkest wish; to pretend, against all evidence, that what the whole world knows is true isn't so and really, when all is said and done, doesn't matter all that much anyway.
"A tax-related issue stemming from Washington, DC unemployment" -- What a politician develops when she makes it impossible for her servants to file for Workers Comp.
"Sadness and regret" -- The proper emotions for a politician who is only too happy to see an honest mistake-maker take a powder.
"A troublesome distraction" -- A politician who can't convince the public it's time to move on.
"The little guy" -- He who pays taxes in accordance with the law of the land; never said of a politician, whose job it is to make the law of the land, with an option to ignore it.
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