How many times have you been reminded of the George H W Bush speech in which he said, "read my lips, no new taxes" over the years? Hasn't this often been pointed out as one of the key quotes that sent Mr. Bush to the showers, and ushered in the Clinton presidency?
Well the shoe may be on the other foot these days, whether the mainstream media chooses to talk about it or not. In an August, 2007 Town Hall meeting video, Rep. Paul Kanjorski (Dem., PA) admitted that the Democratic Party may have lied in telling the American public that a Democratic takeover of the house would get us out of Iraq.
This video has since been released on UTube, and along with some additional information on the following posting.
http://conservablogs.com/publiusforum/2008/05/24/democrat-admits-democrats-lied-about-stopping-war/
In it, Rep. Kanjorski is pretty candid about the Democratic party having "stretched the facts" in order to take over a majority of both House of Congress.
This hasn't gotten a lot of traction in the mainstream media, and because of this, one has to wonder if it will have any impact. With another election less than 6 months away, one has to ask if similar consequences are in store for them during this next cycle.
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I would tend to agree that the Democrats lied when they said they could end the war by getting elected. The truth is, war is business and the government is doing a lot of business right now. No politician is going to end that any time soon.
As to the factor of lying, a Democrat running on an end the war platform is like a Republican running on an anti-abortion platform. It's not realistic to expect that they'll actually be able to accomplish that goal. There hasn't been that much of a backlash against Republicans even though they still haven't managed to put Jesus in the White House.
livinginfits,
I am simply asking the question:
If a politician (or a political party) lies and admits it, are there consequences for that lie? I cited an example of a Republican doing so, and I think we can agree that there certainly were consequences for Bush. So the questions stands, will there or should there be consequences for the Democrats if this is true?
Dragging in comments and comparisons about putting "Jesus in the White House" doesn't answer that original question. It only attempts to divert attention away from it.
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