I know it’s retro of me, but I think liars aren’t worth spit. They’re just not worth even listening to.
I actually mean that literally. If you listen to a known liar, you either have to spend more time to find the real sources so you’ll know where they lied this time. They double the time you spend to understand the world. If you already have good sources for the ground truth, how did that help you?
Spend five minutes listening to, say, Kellyanne Conway. You didn’t just waste those minutes, now you get a choice: spend even more time finding out where she lied, or leave her lies uncorrected. Think just moving on is OK? Really? You pretty sure that’s not subtly corrupting your own understanding of the world?
So I hate liars, and I especially hate mendacious liars. And no, this isn’t something all politicians do. Many politicians hedge and fudge, but Republicans lie at an unprecedented and alarming rate.
Did you really think both parties lie equally? Wonder where that came from.
Trump lies like breathing, of course. It’s hard to quantify because he lies more than half the time. The majority of what he says is deliberately wrong. I find that amazing. Think about it. If you assume the opposite of everything Trump says — if he says ‘wet’, you think ‘dry’ — and you’ll end up closer to the truth.
Life in opposite-land.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders follows the lead of every Trump press secretary, lying about almost every aspect of the President’s actions, intentions, words, schedule, or actions.
Kristin Welker: What’s your response to those who say the president has undercut the secretary of state?
Sanders: I think the premise of that question is absolutely ridiculous. The president can’t undercut his own cabinet. The president is the leader of the cabinet. He sets the tone. He sets the agenda, and I think that question makes no sense because of that.
Jeeze, what a whopper. Not just a lie, but a painfully lame one. It’s like she’s not even trying. I’m a little insulted by that.
I’m angry when anyone lies to me (that ‘Liars aren’t worth spit’ thing), but I’m livid when a public servant openly lies. That should be a crime. Sanders isn’t paid by Trump, and she isn’t a Trump employee. Every federal employee works for the public. When Sanders, Spicer, Tillerson, et al, took jobs as public servants, they took an oath that they clearly aren’t holding to. When they lie about what they do with our money, and the services we thought we’d paid for, they’re defrauding us.
And I’m tired of these liars trying to tell me that lying and fraud aren’t that big a deal. Why on earth do they think I’d believe that lie?
Right?
