“A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth - some obvious truth he isn't supposed to say.”
Michael Kinsley (1951) American political journalist, commentator television host
As quoted in Commentary: The gaffer speaks, The Times, April 23, 1988.
“A gaffe in Washington is when a politician inadvertently reveals the truth, especially about himself.”
2010s, 2016, Donald Trump and the fitness threshold (2016)
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Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
Speech to national conference http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/06/biden-a-gaffe-is-when-you-tell-the-truth-126866.html of the National Association of Black Journalists, Washington, D.C. (June 20, 2012) <br class="br">2010s
“They're not gaffes. I've made no gaffes.”
Silvio Berlusconi (1936) Italian politician
On previous comments, as quoted in "Did I say This? in The Observer (20 April 2008) http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/20/italy <br class="br">2008
George Will (1941) American newspaper columnist, journalist, and author
Quoted in A Ford Not A Lincoln (1975), Richard Reeves, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ch, 1 ; as cited by The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations (1993), ed. Robert Andrews, Columbia University Press, p. 707 ISBN 0231071949
1970s
Lynn Compton (1921–2012) Easy Company soldier turned noted jurist
Source: Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers (2008), p. 107
Donella Meadows (1941–2001) American environmental scientist, teacher, and writer
Meadows (2000) " No Point in Waiting Around for Leadership http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0221-04.htm". in: The Global Citizen, November 30, 2000.