Question by Son of Liberty!: The campaign trail produced “a bumper-crop of falsehoods” why do the American People lay down and take it?
Giuliani claiming New York was suffering “record” crime until he became mayor..crime was on the downward trend before he swore in.

Romney telling voters “In the next 10 years, we’ll see more progress, more change than the world has seen in the last 10 centuries.” Also claimed as a boy he “saw” his father walk with MLK and then when challenged said “saw” figuratively.

Clinton claimed in a TV spot that soldiers in the National Guard and Reserves did not enjoy health insurance until she took up their cause. How could she create something already in existence.

Obama has been widely challenged for stating that there are more young black men in prison than in universities in the United States. In this case, Obama could point to a 2002 study by the Justice Policy Institute for evidence. But more recent data from the US Census Bureau concludes the opposite is true.
When are we the people going to stand up and demand truth over substence or are we just voting for who looks best.
Did not have enough room to quote my source.

“Truth gets rubbery on the U.S. presidential trail:FactCheckers” Raab, Charlotte.

I you want to check out the truth on the candidates look at FactCheck.org

Best answer:

Answer by chelseablue
Because the Supreme Court ruled that politicians can lie, and not be held accountable, so why not lie to make yourself look better-People do it all the time on their resumes, and still get the jobs. Until politicians and people are held accountable nothing will change.

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