"In 1994 when we took control of the House, 12 years ago, it wasn't that — we wanted to treat Democrats the way we had asked to be treated. And, frankly, that's what we did.[...]

Now this, of course, is entirely untrue, in fact the complete reversal of the truth. While there may well have been some dissing of the GOP during the Democratic control of the House, what the Republican did when they took over is, basically, to act as if the Democrats didn't exist, and if they existed, they certainly didn't matter in any way. They squashed the Democrats underfoot.

So having started out to promulgate the big lie, Boehner continues, but gets a bit muddled, and the truth just slips out, accidentally:

[...] What we really expect out of the Democrats is for them to treat us as they would like to have been treated,"

Exactly, the Republicans want to be treated not as they actually treated the Democrats in reality, but as the Democrats would like to have been treated, but weren't.

Maintaining those big lies over the course of time takes a lot of energy and concentration, and I get the feeling the Republicans are feeling just a little enervated just now. We should keep our eyes and ears peeled for more slips like this.

[via TPM]