Terms and phrases politicians use that have become meaningless

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10. I think Nixon was the one who started

"Let me be clear....", It is so overused and meaningless, more like a filler phrase.

"Believe me" reminds me when people say, "I swear to god", usually means they are lying.

"The fact of the matter is...." - just filler words.

Something can rarely be called a "lie" - it is "patently false" or "categorically untrue". So many unnecessary words are used to just say that it is not true.


Also I've noticed that when politicians answer a question with "Absolutely" instead of just "Yes" or "Of course", there seems to be some underlying deception there. I can't exactly explain it, but it often rings false.