What might have been a defensible point becomes a lie with the use of one word:
“You’re hearing an awfully lot about me — most of which is not true — but you’re not hearing a lot about you,” Obama said. “You haven’t heard a word about how we’re going to deal with any aspect of the economy that is affecting you and your pocketbook day-to-day. Haven’t heard a word about it. I’m not exaggerating. Literally, two nights, they have not said a word about it.”
Emphasis mine, obviously. The Republicans said plenty about pocketbook issues, but Obama could probably have defended his comment nevertheless, until he got fancy with the “literally” bit.
Or maybe he just doesn’t know how to use “literally” correctly. Far too many people don’t.
(Via the Corner.)
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