There he goes again. In his State of the State speech yesterday, Chris Christie clung to his lame, Reagan-y, Strunk & White-violating dodge, "mistakes were made." Except this time, he added an adverb.
“Mistakes were clearly made,” he said. “And as a result, we let down the people we’re entrusted to serve."
You know what? Even when you throw in the modifier "clearly," "mistakes were made" is still a passive construction. Which means Christie still refuses to acknowledge, or take any responsibility for, his staff's (and maybe his) heinous act of political terrorism.
Maybe he keeps repeating it because it's all he's got left. But saying "mistakes were clearly made" is "clearly" offensive political speech. And throughout this entire affair, the allegedly beloved Chris Christie tough talk is "clearly" MIA.
(IMAGE: One of Barry Blitt's best, no?)
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