Sunday, September 14, 2008

Why Lies Matter

Exit polls showed that, by a large margin, a plurality of voters identified the candidates' honesty and trustworthiness as the quality most important to them in deciding how to vote. Of the voters who thought honesty was the most important quality, 80 percent voted for George W. Bush; only 15 percent voted for Al Gore.

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Unknown said...

One of the few things you never can take back is the word that leaves the mouth and is heard by someone.When Mrs. Palin talked about her "virtues" and accomplishments, her lies were heard and eaten up by the audience that was yearning for some excitement. After a lie is liberated, it takes a relatively long time to make the truth known, and then it sounds like defense and not like the original perky lie.
It is time to expose all the lies and fast.


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