[Cboldt]

That's a tall order. We aren't so good, at least our leaders aren't, at telling the truth.

Sad state of affairs when telling the truth is a tall order. And I think the short term "gain" (avoidance of hard questions and pain) that accompanies sugar coating and double-talk is more than offset, in a bad way, later on.

And the leaders wonder why they are not held with more respect. Pah.

[MineralMan]

"Sad state of affairs when telling the truth is a tall order. "

Sadly, it has been that way since LBJ was President. We've been getting disinformation from government since that time as a steady diet, I'm afraid.

Now, it is the norm. Nobody thinks anything of it, at least in D.C. A shame.