[Ads-l] QOTY: I have lied, but I am not a liar

Ben Zimmer bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM
Sat Mar 2 04:50:04 UTC 2019


On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 5:45 PM Andy Bach <afbach at gmail.com> wrote:

> “I have lied, but I am not a liar,” said Cohen. “I have done bad things,
> but I am not a bad man,” he assured Congress.
>
>
> https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/431812-cohen-in-testimony-i-am-no-longer-your-fixer-mr-trump
>
> A sure winner.
>

Points for poetic structure, but I think the quote that's going to be most
remembered from Cohen's opening statement will be: "He is a racist. He is a
con man. He is a cheat."

--bgz

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