White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Bush's misstatement "just shows even the most straightforward and plain-spoken people misspeak." 白宫发言人斯科特.麦克莱伦说布什的错误仅仅是最坦率的人口误.
We know we’ll misspeak or what we say will be heard differently than we intended. 我们知道我们会说错或者所说的会被听成并非我们的本意。
Bush misspoke as he delivered a speech at the signing ceremony for a $417 billion defense spending bill. 布什在为4170亿美元的防务经费提案签字时错话连篇.
Hillary Clinton says she misspoke when saying she landed under sniper fire during a trip to Bosnia as first lady.She says the mistake was just a minor blip. 希拉里·克林顿声称，作为第一夫人，她曾经冒着巨大危险去拜访波斯尼亚，而时至今日，她却表示这只是口误所致。