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MineralMan

(146,296 posts)
Fri Nov 17, 2017, 11:26 AM Nov 2017

Epidemic of Memory Loss Disorders Strikes DC?

"I do not recall." That's being said by lots and lots of people in federal government, it seems. That leads me to wonder if there's something in the water that is robbing our legislators and government officials of their ability to remember things. Perhaps we need to investigate this strange medical phenomenon. The number of people affected appears to be increasing at a logarithmic rate.

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Epidemic of Memory Loss Disorders Strikes DC? (Original Post) MineralMan Nov 2017 OP
Answer should be obvious... HipChick Nov 2017 #1
Aw, Jeez. I forgot about that. MineralMan Nov 2017 #3
I blame it on the anti-vaxxers. TexasTowelie Nov 2017 #2
Hmm...another possibility I had not considered. MineralMan Nov 2017 #4
The proliferation of electronic records make it impractical to lie. FarCenter Nov 2017 #5
Not a new phenomenon... Wounded Bear Nov 2017 #6
It's a Republican thing PJMcK Nov 2017 #7
When I saw the title of the OP, I thought this would be an excerpt from a newspaper or such. I still_one Nov 2017 #8
LOL! MineralMan Nov 2017 #9
 

FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
5. The proliferation of electronic records make it impractical to lie.
Fri Nov 17, 2017, 11:34 AM
Nov 2017

Someone may have some record that they can use to call your bluff.

Amnesia will only get worse.

Wounded Bear

(58,651 posts)
6. Not a new phenomenon...
Fri Nov 17, 2017, 11:35 AM
Nov 2017


Seems to affect Repub AGs more than others, but there have been no good studies done.

PJMcK

(22,035 posts)
7. It's a Republican thing
Fri Nov 17, 2017, 11:52 AM
Nov 2017

Especially right now. If Sessions can't recall so many things, how does he remember to put on his pants in the morning?

But it's all just a dodge. They don't even try to lie anymore.

still_one

(92,190 posts)
8. When I saw the title of the OP, I thought this would be an excerpt from a newspaper or such. I
Fri Nov 17, 2017, 11:52 AM
Nov 2017

should have known better, and realized that it was MM's thoughtful observational abilities that were pointing out the glaring memory lapses, and not our illustrious media


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