[Ads-l] move the cheese

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sat Oct 20 14:34:08 UTC 2018


'Change a publicized goal or position in a deceptively self-serving, way.'

Victor Blackwell, CNN: "The President was talking about an actual wall, so
to move the cheese now seems a bit nefarious."

Cf, "move the goal posts."  The relocated cheese was a claim by Trumpist
Joseph Borelli that Mexico is already "paying for" The Wall "in the blood,
sweat and, tears" of Mexican law enforcement.

JL
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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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