The favored political
term of 30 years ago was the spin. When
being asked about an issue or concern, the respondent would attempt to turn the
issue away to some form of polite disagreement.
The tactful us of spin in our political discourse has gone away but hopefully
it has not been lost forever. To
disagree is our American heritage, to trash any who disagree with you is not American.
The question must be asked, from whom must any meaningful change originate?
The answer
is all of us. As a political tactic
however, the first and most ardent offenders of an overuse of the word liar is
the hard core political left that has overrun the Democratic Party. Rather than advocate for the truth, these folk
attack, regardless of the truth. They
are political bullies who resort to name calling, deceit and deception to
advance a progressive, socialist agenda and to them there are no rules and no
truth, only political power. They came
so close to robbing America, by every means, of our democratic heritage in the
2016 presidential election and are now angry and resentful.
Calling our
president, the American liar in chief is to the left the ultimate insult. As Americans, have they no self-respect? When they bag on their president in this manner or remain
silent in the midst of such attacks, do they not trash themselves? Is politics really a street fight?
President
Trump does exaggerate at times opening himself to criticism but this not a lie. Like the rest of us, we act and speak upon our hopes
even before they are completely realized.
Some of us call such believing in our hopes a matter of faith.
Finally, the long recognized saying about lying means that those who flippantly call others liars have their own, grossly more serious, honesty problem.
Finally, the long recognized saying about lying means that those who flippantly call others liars have their own, grossly more serious, honesty problem.
G. Goslaw
Landers, CA
