I’m so sick and tired of lies, lies, lies in this never-ending election season. When I first moved to Minnesota, one of the local TV channels had a fact checker who at least once a week could spot some of the most egregious lies. But now we don’t have even that. So here’s the scoop. “There are no pending bills in the House or Senate that would raise income taxes on those making less than $75,000 (or less than $400,000 for that matter.}” That’s the answer I got from my financial planner after finding that even google had a politically biased answer to my question.
And why was I looking for an answer? Because there was a shockingly dishonest commercial smearing Angie Craig, claiming she voted for an increase in taxes for people making under $75,000. She did not! It’s a lie, folks. It’s a lie.
It certainly isn’t the only lie being told, but most of them are vague enough that it’s difficult to search for specific information to confirm or deny. In this case, the lie was so blatant it was easy to check
That’s all, folks. Just please don’t waste your voting power on a choice based on a lie.
(By the way, notice how often the accusation claims exactly the opposite of what the person has done.)
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The egregiousness of lies we see here in South Carolina are just mind-blowing in their mendacity. We see them on t.v. (before inevitably muting) and shake ours heads in astonishment and anger, like “Who on EARTH could believe such patently false nonsense?!” But we sadly recognize that a LOT of people are very willing to go along with anything that affirms their biases. It’s so scary.
Indeed it is! — scary, that is.
Thanks for posting this Mona–It should be a crime to misrepresent others no matter what. The outright lies and smear tactics on the airwaves make me want to toss my coookies and beer!!
Freedom of speech run amok. And they still bleep anyone on TV who says “shit” or uses the “F” word. What have we come to?