"I don't recall" is the new "Go Fuck Yourself".

[Philosoraptor]

Everybody's doin' it! Everybody from big dick cheney to big dick rummy is saying 'I don't recall', anyone can do it, even you!

Personally, I get slightly pissed when someone like rummy or cheney says they don't recall, these fuckers recall every single second of their miserable lives, they recall EVERYTHING, and by simply uttering the phrase, "I don't recall", which is 'chenese' for 'go fuck yourself, they think they've settled the issue.

[Mythsaje]

1. I remember hearing that crap a lot during Iran/Contra.

Newsflash for the people using it. "We don't BELIEVE you."

[irish.lambchop]

2. Can you imagine using that as an answer for life's daily questions?

Why are you going to be late? Where did you park the car? What time will the kids be home? Did you mail the mortgage payment? Wasn't last night great, honey?

[Philosoraptor]

3. Did you boink the blonde next door? Uh, I don't recall.

[Melynn]

4. Well, I would remember that

But that's just me

[frustrated_lefty]

5. It passes the truth test.

Did you have grape or strawberry jam on your waffle that morning: well, I'm not sure, I don't recall.

It's "plausible deniability" redux.

Hey, I'm joe blow, not politicalese. But, if an employee gave me an answer like that, I'd start pinpointing the memory failure.

Do you recall tying your shoes this morning?
Do you recall kissing your wife goodnight last evening?
Do you recall playing golf last week?
Do you recall talking with the president of the freaking United States?
Do you recall approving torture? Hey, your name is signed right here....

[Philosoraptor]

7. "I don't recall" if we started a war based on lies.

[frustrated_lefty]

8. Hey, don't hate the messenger for the message!

Just saying we need to nail these bastards to a dart board and find out exactly when their memories start to fail....I'd bet the timeline is pretty damned close for all of em.

[Hubert Flottz]

6. I'll bet they'll recall every single penny they'll abscond with and

that they'll recall every single offshore bank they'll have that cash stashed in.

[Beerboy]

9. Ever since the Sherman Anti-Trust Acts of 1890,

what other answer would keep them from prison? 'I don't recall' is wonderful for big business and government, not so much for the common citizen held accountable by laws that don't apply to those who write them!:scared:

[Virginia Dare]

22. We all know Republicans don't do accountability..n/t

[Horse with no Name]

10. Except that these men are well educated

And it is their JOB to recall what they do. What they do affects every citizen in this country.
Of course they are lying because what if say, Dick Cheney's Doctor was doing a heart transplant and all of the sudden someone asked where this artery went, and he said "I don't recall"...well, you get the picture.
If MD's across the country just started saying "I don't recall"...or if the Judge hearing your case was presented with a legal precedent and he suddenly "didn't recall"...we'd be in a shitload of trouble.
And nobody would believe that they didn't recall either.

[radfringe]

11. and executive priviledge is the new "no comment"

[Horse with no Name]

14. Actually executive privilege is None of your Fucking business. n/t

[radfringe]

15. lol... I was trying to be polite... but yes indeedy it is

[Horse with no Name]

16. You can count on me not to let politeness intervene

;)

[Virginia Dare]

21. And "no one could have anticipated" is the new..

We didn't give a flying fuck.

[annabanana]

12. The cabal that nurses grudges for generations. . .

they recall every slight and insult, they hoard their hurts lovingly. .

They. Don't. Forget. A. Damn. Thing.

(and don't you forget it)

[HysteryDiagnosis]

13. Chenese...... now that's rich, and so is he... on another note, I get

a kick out of Tweety, when he proudly pronounces the fact that Cheney is actually pronounced "Cheenie", so proud of himself when he "says it correctly". I guess that's Tweetinese for the VP's name, too bad the entire rest of the country has it wrong. :)

[DUlover2909]

17. I thought the same thing

If these people of status and privilege have such defective memories then they should be considered unfit to serve the public good and removed from their positions.

[Philosoraptor]

18. ...............

[Mandate My Ass]

19. Nodody on these committees seems remotely bothered by this

It infuriates me beyond belief but nobody who counts seems to ever find anything remotely bothersome about the total mass amnesia that affects Bushco administration officials once they're under oath. :puke:

[Virginia Dare]

20. Kucinich really pissed Rumsfeld off when he accused him of covering up..

he taunted him back with "you don't have a shred of evidence". That's what you're banking on Donny, isn't it?

[spanone]

23. I think they have a 'Liars Camp' where they send anyone who's called before Oversight.

[Philosoraptor]

24. ..............