"I was caught off guard..."
"...and naturally my first instinct was to lie."
Okay, maybe I added that last bit.
I think that whether or not this is clearly not an issue of integrity is up to us, isn't it? As for the good decision-making, weren't you a member of the Conservative party Mr. Brison?
Okay, maybe I added that last bit.
"This was clearly not an issue of integrity. It was a momentary lapse of judgment in a nine-year political career that I think has been one of generally good decision-making," he said.
I think that whether or not this is clearly not an issue of integrity is up to us, isn't it? As for the good decision-making, weren't you a member of the Conservative party Mr. Brison?
I believe it's now standard operating procedure to simply deny an accusation at first, and then to take the time later to figure out what the truth is. It's awful...and baffling, frankly. Whatever happened to just playing dumb?...."What e-mail? What are you talking about? Where am I, anyway?" ...and if all that failed to dissuade persistent questionning, eventual recourse claiming a sudden attack of diarrhea?
Bah...we did dishonesty much better back in my day.
Posted by
Anonymous |
Wed Mar 15, 06:49:00 PM
Sad state, but true.
In the case of talking about a crackberry-addicted MP, asking about a specific email would be a situation where playing dumb would be totally acceptable. "What e-mail? When? Let me check and get back to you."
That would have been perfectly acceptable to me. Hell, I write and receive a few hundred emails a week and I *don't* own a crackberry. Yesterday we had the blood services people at our office and I was down there at the same time as my boss. He has the needle in the left arm and blackberry in the right hand. There is no way he'd be able to pick comment on an email written five months ago!
Posted by
kevvyd |
Wed Mar 15, 08:13:00 PM