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global1

(25,253 posts) Mon Nov 23, 2015, 03:30 PM Nov 2015

It Is A Sad Commentary Of Our Country When A Person Can Be Elected President Cause He Can Lie The...

best. Manipulation of facts, outright deception and lies seem to be the flavor of the day to get a person elected president these days. I sit hear and listen to the lies and outright mistruths being spouted by candidates and just can't believe that the American People fall for this. The MSM doesn't challenge the lies. They run the doctored political ads and then they repeat the lies to the public under the auspices of reporting the news.

We should all be embarrassed by this. Unfortunately - I think the stigma of embarrassment has vanished and people just go with the flow.

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It Is A Sad Commentary Of Our Country When A Person Can Be Elected President Cause He Can Lie The... (Original Post) global1 Nov 2015 OP

Idiocracy is basically here. randys1 Nov 2015 #1

One commentator called this the "Post Truth Era." It's ALL entertainment. nt Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #2

"I'm a compassionate conservative" -George W Bush Fumesucker Nov 2015 #3

when there are absolutely no consequences for lying.....candidates will lie. spanone Nov 2015 #4

All candidates lie and make false promises Lurks Often Nov 2015 #5

GW Bush told us his bogus war was accomplished. lpbk2713 Nov 2015 #6

Anyone can do that when you don't have a press... kentuck Nov 2015 #7

Therein lies the problem. Punkingal Nov 2015 #8

randys1

(16,286 posts)

1. Idiocracy is basically here.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 03:36 PM

Nov 2015

I was convinced yesterday when I saw tens of millions (by extension since they are all voting for him) of white Americans admit that a Black person protesting at a campaign event should be beaten up.

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

2. One commentator called this the "Post Truth Era." It's ALL entertainment. nt

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 03:43 PM

Nov 2015

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

3. "I'm a compassionate conservative" -George W Bush

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 04:30 PM

Nov 2015

spanone

(135,844 posts)

4. when there are absolutely no consequences for lying.....candidates will lie.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 05:06 PM

Nov 2015

trump lies and his poll numbers go up.

sadly, we have a huge amount of hateful people in this country.

an honest news service would think twice before reporting future 'facts' from such a candidate...but noooooo.

ratings rule.

Lurks Often

(5,455 posts)

5. All candidates lie and make false promises

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 06:42 PM

Nov 2015

Look at the people from both parties promising the country the things that they are going to do once they get in office.

One little problem with those promises, many of them will require the cooperation of BOTH houses of Congress and the person running for President KNOWS that they have no power to make some of these promises come true.

lpbk2713

(42,759 posts)

6. GW Bush told us his bogus war was accomplished.

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Mon Nov 23, 2015, 06:53 PM

Nov 2015

That was on May 1, 2003, he still had five years to go before he made a thorough mess of this country and the Middle East. He never "accomplished" anything, just made things worse.