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r00fus on July 1, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: FISA court rules NSA can resume bulk data collecti...

> In a statement, he said: "The perception that the court is a rubber stamp is absolutely false."

Is it me? I just hear Nixon saying "I'm not a crook"...

coldtea on July 1, 2015 | [–]

Or "Read my lips. There will be no new taxes".

Given the track record, I wonder what kind of mindset it takes for people who still believe official statements of that kind.

andreyf on July 1, 2015 | [–]

You're right, he's not very good at the rhetoric [1]. That doesn't mean anything logically.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironic_process_theory

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