Yes, as many of us have wondered, there actually may be something in the water on the American campaign trail or in the White House.
It turns out it is a form of sodium thiopental, known to moviegoers and readers of crime novels as truth serum. The 20th century comedian Art Linkletter was famous for his remark that “kids say the darnedest things,” a phrase whose title became affixed to a popular CBS television show for eight years. Political scientists and commentators may doubt its veracity, but there is sufficient evidence to support the merit of its corollary: “Presidential candidates and U.S. chief executives say the truth, sometimes in the darnedest ways.”
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