Al Gini, a professor of business ethics and philosophy at Loyola University, is often on our local NPR radio station to point out the ironies and foibles of modern life.

Today he was talking about politicians using misleading speech. Two great examples.

If you spent ten years in Leavenworth and three years at the Betty Ford Center, you say that you have "...spent several years acquiring an eclectic education in some of the nation's most notable institutions."

If you worked as a bar tender, you can say that you "...have spent many years in public service."

Get the picture?

Reminds one of the old routine about slandering one's opponent by saying things that sound negative but aren't:

My opponent is an acknowledged philatalist! He is a known sexigenarian who's wife is a thespian! He has been known to keep phonographic literature in his possession and has been observed masticating in public!

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