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16 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
This would be catnip for me! Go for it in 202....
When Condi Rice became secy of state in 2005, she couldn't get DPRK back to the talks because in her confirmation hearing she called it an "outpost of tyranny" in her confirmation hearing and Bush said he would eliminate tyranny in his 2nd inaugural address....
So Rice had come up with a face-saving solution. In a speech in Tokyo, she referred to North Korea as a "sovereign state." That phrase convinced the DPRK that Bush had dropped its hostile policy and they agreed to return to the talks. (detailed in chapter 3 of my Rice book)...
The point is that words matter in diplomacy, especially in dealing with North Korea. They watch and weigh every word and this has not escaped their notice.

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Here’s a guide for ex-Trump officials for how to tell whether a politician might be telling a deliberate lie or just had a verbal stumble. They were quick to declare Biden was a deliberate “liar” last night on vaccine development. So here we go…1/6
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This is a refreshing attitude. I also appreciate the Biden WH’s quick response to fact-checking questions.
I have to laugh at the folks who think we are no longer fact checking Biden. For the record, in the past week we have awarded 4 Pinocchios to Biden --> washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
and also Pinocchios to John Kerry --> washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
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We welcome all suggestions for fact checks. Some of our fans on the right (we see you @redsteeze @FDRLST) have been urging fact checks of “Biden lies” and so we thought we’d take an opportunity to explains what we think makes for a good fact check….
The best fact checks are pinned on a number, uttered by a politician. We then use that number to dig into policy issues. The last president was rather loquacious, speaking or tweeting without any prior fact checking, and much of it was not worth detailed fact checking….
We rarely fact check statements by PR people like Press Secretaries. We only did that once or twice during Trump and Obama. We have a high bar for such statements because we prefer to pin the Pinocchios on a policy-maker and hold her or her accountable for their words….
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In the wake of the Jan. 6 electoral college count in Congress, I read "Centennial Crisis: The Disputed Election of 1876," by the late chief justice William Rehnquist. A terrific, insightful history. I was curious because ... amazon.com/gp/product/037…
...Ted Cruz offered a 1876 commission as a possible compromise. And he was a Rehnquist clerk. But if you read this book, you see how crazy and cynical this proposal was. Is it possible Cruz never read this book? Or he did and just decided to ignore its lessons? ....
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This guy earned his share of Pinocchios in 2020....
Four Pinocchios on Harris --> washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
Four Pinocchios for a Supreme Court brief! --> washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
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