It's the old "I know what they're really thinking" attitude again.

In other words, he didn't say what is being attributed to him, but since OJ knows what he's thinking, we'll just have to accept his word that what he REALLY meant was whatever OJ tells us he meant.

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A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
Thomas Jefferson