Thank Captain Obvious. Politicians are people, and people lie.
Captain Obvious indeed.
I used it to point out the absurdity of your statement.
The people voting for the politicians are supposed to be smart enough (which has absolutely nothing to do with academics) to determine which politician is lying the most and more importantly, about what.
I fail to see what intelligence has anything to do with someone's ability to distinguish if a politician is lying or not.
How do you determine if someone is lying or not? Enlighten me.
Also, did you stop to consider that maybe Obama wasn't lying, but when he came to be president, certain things which were unknown to him before came to light; such that he couldn't hold some of his promises?
The people that supported and voted for both Obama and Bush lack that ability. Besides, most politicians don't have to lie, and there are some that are just flat-out honest (like Ron Paul). The other politicians, like Obama (and Bush in his younger years) in particular, are good speakers. They just leave room for interpretation or use wiggle wording...
All politicans use wiggle wording.
As the saying goes "A politician is someone who talks alot without actually saying anything." -- to paraphrase. Ron Paul might be exceptional in that respect, but we would never know until he actually becomes elected. Then you, like many ex-Obama supporters, might turn around and say "I didn't know it would really be like
this.
A large majority of the American population are idiots. This is true for any country.
Just like a large majority of the people, or rather a large majority of black people who voted for Obama did it cause he was black, a large majority of Palin supporters who were soccer moms or feminists voted for McCain cause she was part of his campaign.
Also, alot of people voted for McCain cause they didn't want a black man as president.
I'm sure you can imagine the bible belt rednecks not wanting to vote for a "nigger".
To say that a large majority who voted for Obama lack the ability to tell what he was lying, about whatever, are idiots is illogical. Especially concerning the number of idiots who voted for McCain. If elected for, I'm sure he would have not done some of the things he said.
"If elected, I promise to start bringing our troops home from Iraq!" (something like that) -- Obama
Now, all of the naive dipshits of the world start drooling over that statement. "OMG! He's going to end the war and finally bring our troops home! Yippee, we're like so tired of BushCo!!1"
It is what they wanted and it is what he promised.
How would they know without voting him in?
You say you know, but you really don't.
When I was young, I had an argument with my mother. I said someone (either Bush or Clinton) was gonna win the election. When said person won, I said "I told you so, I knew it".
She told me I didn't.
A few months later, we were with friends and I told them about this.
One guy said "But how could you really know?". It immediately sunk in that I hadn't actually known, since that was obviously impossible.
I was like 12 at the time.
There is no way for anyone to tell if someone is lying unless what they are saying is outragous.