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In reply to the discussion: I'd like to give a round of applause to all the Jill Stein voters and JPR-atf*ckers out there [View all]Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)"Lies" is the word I wanted your take on. Again, let's say someone's trying to gain followers (and as an ultimate goal, recruit votes) and proclaims they'll (paraphrasing here) END those illegal wars on day one! Something WHICH, BTW was as easily do-able as picking up a pen.
Further - let's say this someone had boldly proclaimed that single payer health care was a RIGHT of every U.S. citizen, and then placated the followers with a cock-eyed health care compromise that didn't incur serious injury to the money-dripping health insurance maggo..... er, folks.
And for that "third time's the charm thing" - a prospective voter entranced by said aspirant - should they have adopted an "Oh well!" attitude when it became evident that the person who professed to be ready to walk picket lines hadn't ever intended to do so?
So again - the above proclamations - easily doable, but conveniently evaded - would they be best labeled: gd LIES, just LIES, moments of dementia or something akin to an "Oopsie!" The hypothetical aspirant manages to outshine their opponent in the end. Probably knowing all along that the carrots on the end of their stick weren't a real possibility. Ms. Stein wasn't even in the mix for the race I'm relating to. All I want to know is if the victor used something you'd label a "lie" or a "strategy"
That you won't answer my questions is why we CAN'T dutifully forget the past and put on a big smile for thwe unknown challenger for 2020.