It's worse than the "Checkers" speech
Feb. 23rd, 2005 06:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madbakerI blame President Clinton.
Regardless of your views on the impeachment and all the related tackiness - he is to blame for introducing the phrase "It's time to move on" into common usage.
It's a way to avoid responsibility, an attempt to disarm opponents, paint them as stuck in the past, and bypass whatever criticism is being discussed.
It's a dodge, not an apology.
Barry Bonds is merely the latest to avail himself of the phrase - which is what inspired this rant.
It's time to bury this cheat in the dustbin of history.
It's time to m... Oops.
See how seductive it is?
Regardless of your views on the impeachment and all the related tackiness - he is to blame for introducing the phrase "It's time to move on" into common usage.
It's a way to avoid responsibility, an attempt to disarm opponents, paint them as stuck in the past, and bypass whatever criticism is being discussed.
It's a dodge, not an apology.
Barry Bonds is merely the latest to avail himself of the phrase - which is what inspired this rant.
It's time to bury this cheat in the dustbin of history.
It's time to m... Oops.
See how seductive it is?
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Re: Time to move on? Blech.
Date: 2005-02-23 05:35 pm (UTC)No argument there. I also agree that it's most likely Clinton's fault that the phrase was popularized. However, I think in his case it may have been more appropriate than the more recent use of it ...
Re: Time to move on? Blech.
Date: 2005-02-23 05:44 pm (UTC)First press conference, five minutes after things break? ...Uh, no. That's just avoiding responsibility.
And that's what everyone who uses the phrase does.
Re: Time to move on? Blech.
Date: 2005-02-23 08:45 pm (UTC)I think we're on the same page, actually. Take the damn responsibility ...