tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post2443047657820418433..comments2023-10-31T11:27:58.514-05:00Comments on THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST: QUOTES ON LYING (POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE)Jack Jodellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-75596305519687018102011-01-24T08:55:34.601-06:002011-01-24T08:55:34.601-06:00Great point, Engineer of Knowledge! This current c...Great point, Engineer of Knowledge! This current crop of overly ambitious and cutthroat Republicans will say or do virtually ANYTHING to attain power, and that is why they must NOT capture the White House in 2012!Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-74364816795650460942011-01-23T10:57:17.692-06:002011-01-23T10:57:17.692-06:00Hello Jack,
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor: I B...Hello Jack,<br />House Majority Leader Eric Cantor: I Believe President Obama Is A U.S. Citizen!<br /><br />Well once again we see the Republican Leadership throw the “Ultra Conservative Wing Nuts” under the bus even after whipping them into a frenzy by their own propaganda machine. Yes once the “NUT JOBS” have served their purpose for every election, the Republican Party Leaders tosses them aside with distain and as much compassion of used toilet paper.Engineer of Knowledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02179784871538454388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-21172613280904977452011-01-22T23:38:41.291-06:002011-01-22T23:38:41.291-06:00Cletis,
Regretfully, that is very true.
----------...Cletis,<br />Regretfully, that is very true.<br />---------------<br />Gwendolyn,<br />And fact is what I will always try to present here. Life is too short for willdul bullshit...Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-39133314690944658952011-01-22T23:12:48.129-06:002011-01-22T23:12:48.129-06:00Go tell it Jack!
Why I wouldn't kiss that Bl...Go tell it Jack! <br />Why I wouldn't kiss that Blarney stone?.... it would be redundant. <br />A privilege of life is in making the mundane exciting or the plain beautiful with well meant or chosen words. <br />Honesty is subjective ... unless you hold political office, eh? Honesty is dangerous, then. I liked your facts Jack.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419040049480437384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-11610387000157621252011-01-22T22:04:22.240-06:002011-01-22T22:04:22.240-06:00Jack, Boehner and crew, like all good Republicans ...Jack, Boehner and crew, like all good Republicans of recent time. are simply lying through their tusks. CletisCletis https://www.blogger.com/profile/01865557276496148455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-43372125806937727792011-01-22T14:18:35.040-06:002011-01-22T14:18:35.040-06:00Engineer of Knowledge,
Great quotes you added, and...Engineer of Knowledge,<br />Great quotes you added, and I agree fully with your assessment of the teabagger con job scam!Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-28821328285609605162011-01-22T08:46:40.667-06:002011-01-22T08:46:40.667-06:00Hello Jack,
Great Quotes!! One of my favorite alo...Hello Jack,<br />Great Quotes!! One of my favorite along this line is from Thomas Jefferson:<br /><br />“He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”<br /><br />Another is, “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”<br /><br />The success of a Democracy is based in the art of truth….and this fact has not been mastered by the current Ultra Conservative leaders or the lemmings that follow them within my Republican Party.<br /><br />Have you heard the latest on Todd Palin’s Sex Scandal?<br />It appears that Mr. Sarah Palin (also known as Todd Palin) has been dipping his wick into the lamp of a “Shailey Tripp,” who is a massage therapist and arrested for prostitution. According to the tenants in the building of her offices, they saw Todd come and go often and heard noises that sounded like someone was having sex.<br /><br />To paraphrase the line in from the song, “Sunshine,” in the 1970’s goes, “She can’t even run her own life….I’ll be damned if she’ll run mine.” The Teabaggers need to WAKEUP to their con job scam.Engineer of Knowledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02179784871538454388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-85553613425354742852011-01-21T18:43:48.660-06:002011-01-21T18:43:48.660-06:00Vigilante,
They too do lie, but as a general rule,...Vigilante,<br />They too do lie, but as a general rule, their lies tend to be less offensive and less cutting, with, of course, the exception you list here.Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-35941746979773286752011-01-21T09:56:59.016-06:002011-01-21T09:56:59.016-06:00Democrats also lie, or sort of lie. That's whe...Democrats also lie, or sort of lie. That's when they photoshop swastikas over the heads of Republicans. Not funny and not true.Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-87228320876620602172011-01-21T09:37:38.275-06:002011-01-21T09:37:38.275-06:00Shaw Kenawe,
Exactly!Shaw Kenawe,<br />Exactly!Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-79830460495925574122011-01-20T20:45:21.332-06:002011-01-20T20:45:21.332-06:00"Adlai Stevenson making reference to their ly..."Adlai Stevenson making reference to their lying back in the 1950s?"<br /><br />It a very clever quote that I've heard contemporary Democrats repeat to their Republican opponents:<br /><br />"Stop lying about my record, and I'll stop telling the truth about yours."Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-66478802680259368452011-01-20T10:09:58.801-06:002011-01-20T10:09:58.801-06:00Shaw Kenawe,
The Republicans have been lying for d...Shaw Kenawe,<br />The Republicans have been lying for decades. Remember FDR referring to them as the "Republican fiction writers" and Adlai Stevenson making reference to their lying back in the 1950s? Almost their entire platform is based on lies, too. If they don't win the next award, I'll be amazed! :-)<br />---------------<br />Vigilante,<br /><br />Good hearing from you again---it's been awhile. I think we all know why Republicans lie. It's as you say "greed." They know if they told the truth on much of their plank voters would throw them overboard!Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-16279170783295865772011-01-20T09:26:37.301-06:002011-01-20T09:26:37.301-06:00If all you were about was saving a few $10,000'...If all you were about was saving a few $10,000's-$100,000's of your patrons' taxes? That would make you sound too crass if you didn't lie, right? That's why politicians in the Greedy Ol' Party lie. As for my Republican friends? Those who I tend to think they're well-intended? I have to assume they're just pinching their noses when the vote? Now, is Oso going to tell me I'm lying to myself and practicing denial?Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-32762405803321143592011-01-19T20:17:08.951-06:002011-01-19T20:17:08.951-06:00It's interesting to note that last year Politi...It's interesting to note that last year Politifact awarded the biggest lie of the year to Sarah Palin for her "Death Panels" lie, and this year it goes to Republican pols for the lie that the ACA is a "government takeover of health care."<br /><br />Two years in a row the biggest lie goes to Republicans.<br /><br />Do I see a pattern here?Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-34509237130783821822011-01-19T08:55:09.101-06:002011-01-19T08:55:09.101-06:00tnlib,
I agree---Beck is nauseating and fully delu...tnlib,<br />I agree---Beck is nauseating and fully delusional, too. Boy, if I got up and saw Beck on TV first thing, I'd have to go back to bed for the whole day! :-)Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-56776436150170636002011-01-19T08:52:08.244-06:002011-01-19T08:52:08.244-06:00mud_rake,
I think it's the natural desire to p...mud_rake,<br />I think it's the natural desire to please others (or keep from offwending them) which leads some politicians from being fully truthful. That takes care of the white lies or exaggerations. But when it comes to out and out whoppers (like many we've seen emanating from the far right), I think it's more indicative of their philosophy of "me first" or their methodology of doing or saying virtually anything to get ahead or gain ground on their opponent. And that I regard as a real major flaw in character!Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-88372275957357845342011-01-19T08:52:05.657-06:002011-01-19T08:52:05.657-06:00Lying isn't limited to those in Congress.
Thi...Lying isn't limited to those in Congress.<br /><br />This morning I nearly spit out my first cup of coffee as I watched Beck being interviewed - along with his shrink/co-author - re his new book, "Seven Wonders - Guide to Defeat Anger and Find Compassion." Oh my, oh my.<br /><br />Great collection, Jack.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-32754149360092792132011-01-19T08:31:53.464-06:002011-01-19T08:31:53.464-06:00Oso says, Decent people don't have it in us, t...Oso says, <i>Decent people don't have it in us, to spread lies.</i><br /><br />So the question arises, do those who enter politics have a predisposition to lying or is there a lying-virus within the walls of Congress akin to black mold?mud_rakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786611698569598023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-46282334852828170972011-01-19T07:20:29.411-06:002011-01-19T07:20:29.411-06:00Oso,
Thanks for your comment. I think you've s...Oso,<br />Thanks for your comment. I think you've summed it all up pretty nicely. Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Dick Armey, the Koch brothers, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck, among others, simply do not belong under the heading of "decent people." As Mr. De Montaigne so eloquently observes, "Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men."Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-33518792281821750382011-01-18T22:44:13.259-06:002011-01-18T22:44:13.259-06:00Nice compendium of lies, liars and methods of lyin...Nice compendium of lies, liars and methods of lying!<br />This really addresses a pet peeve of mine,Jack. I don't know how many times I've reacted to this type of thing - TV or radio or in print - by saying "How can they lie like that!"<br /><br />I can't do it, I know you can't too. Decent people don't have it in us, to spread lies. We'd be humiliated if caught in one, so we research and tell the truth as best we can.<br />Some people just lack moral fiber I guess!<br />Later JackOsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513535195785731541noreply@blogger.com