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Do Voters Really Care Whether Politicians Are Honest? [Benghazi Hearings Show Us Answer Is 'No']
PJ Media ^ | 10/26/2015 | Walter Hudson

Posted on 10/26/2015 7:58:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 10/26/2015 7:58:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Do we owe Richard Nixon an apology yet?


2 posted on 10/26/2015 8:02:28 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Do you think DEMOCRATIC voters care ... would be more accurate


3 posted on 10/26/2015 8:05:11 AM PDT by clamper1797 (If stupidity hurt ... liberalism would be agonizing)
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To: SeekAndFind

For Democrat voters, no. The only question is how much are you going to give to me by fleecing the “rich”?


4 posted on 10/26/2015 8:05:42 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: fwdude
Yes, yes we do.

And that’s not seen as flip-flopping, it’s not really seen as a revelation or learning something — it’s seen as “she is politically expedient, and we want someone who is politically expedient.”

Sounds like all 'rump supporters!

5 posted on 10/26/2015 8:10:40 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap")
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To: SeekAndFind

Does the media filter care if politicians are honest???

In the case of Republicans, the media absolutely care and will go on crusades, such as Watergate, to drive the point home.

In the case of Democrats, since the media are an arm of the Democrat party, not so much. They will never go into Watergate investigative reporter mode on a Democrat. In the case of a Democrat, the honesty factor doesn’t exist.


6 posted on 10/26/2015 8:10:54 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: clamper1797

By and large Democratic voters do not believe in right or wrong, only ‘shades of grey’. But that means they are detached from all morality and lying is an offense against morality. It follows that they are not offended at all by lying.


7 posted on 10/26/2015 8:14:58 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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Coupled with the “the end justifies the means” mentality


8 posted on 10/26/2015 8:17:24 AM PDT by clamper1797 (If stupidity hurt ... liberalism would be agonizing)
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To: SeekAndFind
Let me put it this way. It's like seeing that shiny dollar wrench at the checkout at the parts store. You know it is junk. You know it will break when you need it most, even though it looks like a decent tool.

If you buy it, it breaks, usually when it would have been convenient if it had stayed intact and permitted you to finish the task at hand.

Politicians are a lot like that. They might look good, smooth, well finished, like they will get the job done. When the task is at hand, they let you down.

You knew it going in.

That said, I wouldn't buy a used car from any of them.

I am sick and tired of 'the lesser evil'. It's all evil, just the same.

9 posted on 10/26/2015 8:21:19 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I think Democrats are embracing the big lie... they realize that lying has been essentially for getting Obama elected twice and now it’s Hillary’s turn. She’s expert at it and it will make her a more effective president when warding off the Republican Congress. We’ve sunk this low.


10 posted on 10/26/2015 8:25:36 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: clamper1797

“Do you think DEMOCRATIC voters care ... would be more accurate”

Precisely. Although the GOP partei uber alles types can give them a run for their money.


11 posted on 10/26/2015 8:33:12 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (The mill grinds exceedingly fine.)
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To: SeekAndFind

A liar lies to steal something from you that you would not otherwise give them. Things like your support and affection, your vote, your admiration, your respect and, ironically, your trust.

Very similarly, if a politician will cheat on their spouse or lie to them, they will lie to you and steal from you the taxpayer without hesitation.

I don’t care if people have come to expect politicians to lie, it disqualifies them for my vote if I know it.


12 posted on 10/26/2015 8:33:24 AM PDT by RatRipper (The biggest threat to US national security is our government and those in it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

We Conservatives sit around and yammer about how stupid the Democrat voters are.

Well, then take advantage of them.

The Democrat leaders take advantage of that stupidity, so why shouldn’t everyone else?


13 posted on 10/26/2015 8:41:39 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Psalm 144; clamper1797

I assert that democrats PREFER their politicians to be corrupt - they think they are more “effective”,

sticking it to conservatives (Christians).


14 posted on 10/26/2015 8:44:58 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Title should read:

Do DEMOCRAT Voters Really Care Whether Politicians Are Honest? [Benghazi Hearings Show Us Answer


15 posted on 10/26/2015 9:00:59 AM PDT by Hillary'sMoralVoid
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To: SeekAndFind

Lies, what lies? The GOP has spent millions of dollars, and months of time to come up with provable lies. All it shows is that the GOP can’t come up with lies. The GOP needs some issues to beat the Democrats, time to campaign on some issues to beat the democrats. The middle class is waiting.


16 posted on 10/26/2015 9:01:53 AM PDT by ex-snook
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To: MrB

Quite true.


17 posted on 10/26/2015 9:03:56 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (ObamaCons: depraved and venomous issue of intimacies between Obama and receptive NeoCons.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This bitch deserves never to be near a lever of power. She’s f’ing koo-koo.


18 posted on 10/26/2015 9:40:24 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitutiion)
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To: clamper1797

Bingo.
Democrats cheer criminals and lowlifes on... they’re proud Hillary’s a lowlife liar.


19 posted on 10/26/2015 9:47:23 AM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats want gun legislation? Fine. Pass a Bill outlawing 'gun free' zones.)
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To: SeekAndFind
The followers of Hillary Clinton seem to think they have a secret deal with her — where they understand what she really believes, what she’s really going to do — and they are willing to support her as she bends the truth in order to be elected. …

Because they know she will expand the welfare state, no matter what else she says or does. And they don't mind giving up freedoms here or there that they never exercise anyway, as long a little more government cash might be coming their way.

20 posted on 10/26/2015 9:57:27 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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