[ConservativeMind]

I don’t believe this to be as bad as it sounds. Remember, he was virtually tied with his equivalent liberal counterpart in the last election, so it’s likely he’s having to say such things to sway countrymen, even if he doesn’t mean it or plan to do anything to further such words.

[Post-Neolithic]

"I don’t believe this to be as bad as it sounds. Remember, he was virtually tied with his equivalent liberal counterpart in the last election, so it’s likely he’s having to say such things to sway countrymen, even if he doesn’t mean it or plan to do anything to further such words."

That's what a lot of people thought about Hitler's pre-war speeches, and we all know what that led to.