Catchprhases

Seems that all politicians mostly in the financially troubled southern Europe but not only in it, they have a common catchphrase, a slogan dictated by their supervisors, both in the Continent and overseas. It is the typical reaction of a person having fucked up everything and in an effort to ease off the repercussion of his recklessness, he tries to disperse his / her responsibility to the voters. Today, we have two great identical examples:

- "I accept that there 's a failure in the political system. But let 's be fair about it: We all parted."
Brian Lenihan, former Irish finance minister at RTE One.

- "To the outcry against the country 's political personnel about how the money were embezzled, to the people seeking answers about it, the answer is just this one: We 've hired and appointed you [to state services]; We 've all embezzled them together."
Theodoros Pagalos, current Greek vice-prime minister, in a speech to the Greek Parliament, September 2010.