Posted on 08/06/2017 10:10:36 AM PDT by Kaslin
When Huey Long was running for office in Louisiana, he told crowds that as a boy on Sunday mornings, he would hitch the family horse to a buggy to take his Catholic grandparents to Mass and then ferry his Baptist grandparents to church. When a surprised friend said, "I didn't know you had any Catholic grandparents," Long replied: "Don't be a damn fool. We didn't even have a horse."
Long was governor and a U.S. senator in the 1920s and '30s, an innocent age when politicians carefully rationed their lies, dispensing them for specific purposes and striving to keep them believable. He might find himself unable to function in the era of Donald Trump, who churns out fiction nonstop with no rhyme, reason or restraint.
Even after two years on the political stage, Trump continues to outdo himself. His penchant for lies resembles an incorrigible alcoholic's thirst for drink: He lives for the next one and can't abstain, no matter what it costs him.
He lies about inconsequential things. After a much-criticized appearance at the Boy Scouts of America's national jamboree, Trump claimed, "I got a call from the head of the Boy Scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them." The organization denied it, and Trump's press secretary acknowledged the call never happened.
He lies about more consequential things. In tweets announcing his ban on transgender members of the military, he said he made the decision "after consultation with my generals and military experts" — but it came as a surprise to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Trump lies about big things, inviting prosecutorial scrutiny. When it was reported that Donald Trump Jr. met last year with a Russian lawyer, Trump Jr. issued a statement that later turned out to be misleading.
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Laughable ANYONE who voted for a Clinton or Obama could possibly talk about integrity
You can be sure that moron did.
Hey Steve
“If you like your Dr you can keep you Dr”
“Oh, those 30,000 deleted emails? About you know, yoga, Chelseas wedding, the grandkids . . .”
“I. I. I. Did not not have sex with that woman . . .”
Remember those?
“If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.”
“If you like your policy, you can keep your policy.”
“You will save $1200 dollars per year.”
Stated about thirty-two times. Sometimes looking into the camera while addressing the nation.
Liars see lies wherever they look. Truth is a damnable lie to a liar. Chapman lies when the truth would shock and amaze.
“I got a call from the head of the Boy Scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them.”
That was not a lie as it was President Trump may have received a call from the head of a Regional Boy Scout Council, or maybe a the head of a local Boy Scout Troop.
If Steve Chapman is ever prosecuted in a court of law for his misdeeds, the judge will not be amused by Chapman’s feebleminded theory of good lies and bad lies.
Hmmm is the boy scout thing true??? Seems a pretty stupid thing to lie about...
I doubt it. At some point you have to make up your mind who you’re going to believe, the msm or Trump.
“The organization denied it, and Trump’s press secretary acknowledged the call never happened.”
Seems pretty clear to me...unless trumps sec is also a liar.
The organization denied it, and Trump’s press secretary acknowledged the call never happened.
I remember Bill Clinton saying that he remembered black churches being burned in his hometown in Arkansas when he was a boy. An investigator went thru all the newspapers for that period, and Clinton’s claim turned out to be a big fat lie. Did the media ever call him on it, no, because it supported their narrative that is built on similar lies.
“The organization denied it, and Trump’s press secretary acknowledged the call never happened.”
It might have been a call the organization didn’t know about. It also might have been a call the press secretary didn’t know about. Someone might have made a private call to him. Like I said at some point you have to either believe Trump or the msm.
Hitlery Rotten Clinton lied about the origin of her name. She lied about being told that NASA didn’t hire girls. She lied about dodging sniper fire. She lied about Benghazi and a ‘you-toob videya!’.
Stalinists lie. Always
Braq Ubama told black voters that his parents got together because somebody marched in Selma. Except the little bastard was already born by then and his parents’ sham marriage was on the outs. Daddy had another bride before Stanley so either bigamist or polygamist, it was a fraud.
lol come on, Hitlary lies better than that!
TDS can blind you my friend.
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