You lie!
Do you remember when an upset U.S. republican hurled this at the president?
The clip was played over and over, it was debated, classified as rude, unfair, as an affront to the office. The question we really wanted to ask was: why would one politician accuse another of lying?
It's part of the job description, cynics would say.
The only good reason for accusing a politician of lying is, in the opinion of the blogster, the emotional release you may get out of it.
Other than that, it is useless and self defeating. It is a moral statement, and an ill defined one at that. And we are all guilty of the act. If not in our own eyes, then in the eyes of others.
It does not mean you have to give up on truth, nor do you have to tolerate serial lying. Vote for someone else, just don't expect too much.
Just like the worst serial killer does not kill every person he meets, even the worst politician does not lie all the time. For example, a friend of the K-Landnews survived an encounter with Jeffrey Dahmer. That same friend also survived an encounter with a widely known politician.
It is impractical to get all worked up all the time about leaders someone voted into office. It is exhausting, too. Instead, make fun of them when they they cross the line into the territory reserved to that cousin of yours, you know which one.
Don't forget, they too live paycheck to paycheck.
Theirs is just bigger.
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