Politicians and lying

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Politicians who always completely tell the honest truth never get elected, ever.

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Typical "compassionate conservative".

Maybe taking joy in the suffering of others is just a Right Wing Christian ideal.

He's never claimed to be "compassionate" or "Christian". So you two are wrong on both counts. If I remember correctly he has said, "I'm an uncomapssionate conservative". lol

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Actually, I think people are looking for hope, not lies. They find a little false hope in believing the lies - but the lies are not what they want. They want the lies to be truth. But when the other guy is selling a load of BS to those that are buying false hope, it does make it hard. Such is the system we live in. If the voters asked for more than false hope, they would get it - but that isn't the case right now.

That never HAS been the case. And probably never will be.

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The average Joe has always been susceptible to the lure of false of hope - and most likely always will be, so I agree with you in broad terms. But, the amount attention the voting body, as a whole, pays to politics does change. Generally speaking; people tend to be more involved when their own economy is less than they think it should be. I would certainly advocate that people take a greater interest in their democracy at all times – but, that’s just a pipe dream.

I have been the exact opposite of that. When I first got married and we had very little money I cared very little about politics. I was to busy working trying to support a young family. Now that I have become wealthier I have a great interest in politics and the "issues discussion" or lack thereof.

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I'm not saying that I don't think politicians lie but I think the view of them as terrible people is blown a little out of proportion due to many people growing up around people like Nixon or Clinton so it's hard for them to see truth in another politician.

Nixon was not a terrible person.