What if no one is surprised by the lies, and no one really cares that he's a liar? We all assume that exposing the knave will destroy him. I'm hoping that it works that way.
They do?
Since when?
Really not *trying* { :o) } to be a smartass or anything; but, you know better than that, mamz.
"The voters have to ask if he can be trusted. In short: Free fall. )))"
Sure, *if* the average voter heard the truth concerning -- any one aspect -- of this guy's past, that'd be so.
I think we could all agree if the American people are presented the facts of any issue, they'll make the right decision regardless the issue; and, therein lies the weak link.
Unfortunately the "truth" has never been any more or less than what the lamestream mediot quislings said the truth is.
Add to that a state-of-the-art application of the Sin of Omission & things become quite convoluted & no one can be sure of *anything* anymore, no matter how absurd.
We're seeing the end result -- in one form or another -- of our nation's mediot-quislings ploys played out every single day.
"What if no one is surprised by the lies, and no one really cares that he's a liar?"
Well that's not unprecidented, is it?
In a word: William Jefferson Xlinton.
"We all assume that exposing the knave will destroy him."
Ordinarily that's be a safe assumption & there'd be a lot of truth in what you've said say 10, 15 or more years ago.
When last we lived in a sane world where telling the truth was the name of the game?
"I'm hoping that it works that way."
Yea, including myself.
But to be totally truthful given events of recent hostory?
...my *gut's* telling me, otherwise.