[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 155 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H10174-H10175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    BLURTING OUT THE TRUTH TELLS ALL

  (Mr. PAPPAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Speaker, every once in a while a politician will 
commit a major blunder by doing something that is known as blurting out 
the truth. This occurs when the politician accidentally tells us how he 
really feels about an issue, and it can become very controversial if 
that is how people suspected all along that he really thinks. We had a 
wonderful example of that earlier this week.
  President Clinton was campaigning in Alexandria, VA on behalf of a 
fellow Democrat and he told a crowd of Democrat supporters what he 
really thinks about those who want to keep more of what they earn. We 
heard that right. They are selfish. We heard that the President of the 
United States thinks that it is selfish to think that government takes 
too much of our money.
  Yes, here is the vision of the liberal elite. It is morally wrong to 
think that people are a better judge of how to spend their own money 
than are the politicians. The liberal elite want to spend our money, 
and how dare us to think that we should be able to spend our money the 
way we wish.
  Mr. President, thank you for blurting out the truth.

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