General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Two Things I Will Remember GH Bush for: 1) his Eternal Hoax on the Public and 2) how he conceals it [View all]anobserver2
(923 posts)Since the Supreme Court is saying a politician can lie as a candidate, as that is the candidate's free speech,
and can lie about credentials and schooling (since that is not a crime), what happens when:
1) The candidate who lies about his education becomes governor - and the result is a permanent bio of that governor
which contains the college degree lie, and is therefore: a false public record (such as the bio posted with the governor's portrait in the Museum of Florida). Isn't that false public record also: illegal? Because a false public record in that state IS illegal. Or is it just considered: more free speech?
2) The candidate who lies about his education gets elected to Congress - and then is appointed to the UN, an Ambassador to a foreign country, CIA director, and takes the oath of office as VP, and more - is it now illegal to lie -- or is it still the candidate's free speech continued?
If elections had no consequences, then it wouldn't matter if a candidate lied about his educational background; but since elections do have consequences, and results become part of the historical record - when does the truth-telling begin after a candidate has
lied during a campaign -- and exercised free speech to lie as a candidate?
Does the truth just fall by the wayside? It seems to me: it does.