It's funny that his fans would look at this sort and just shrug it off. As if the creditability of his reporting isn't important. A lot of people just spout off the talking points as if they were fact, and if they are countered, they think the other guy is just crazy or something, and again, keep on believing in it.
It's not scientific and it's not an intelligent conversation.
Rosalina: But you didn't.
Robert: But I DON'T.
Rosalina: You sure that's right?
Robert: I was going to HAVE told you they'd come?
Rosalina: No.
Robert: The subjunctive?
Rosalina: That's not the subjunctive.
Robert: I don't think the syntax has been invented yet.
Rosalina: It would have had to have had been.
Robert: Had to have...had...been? That can't be right.