Bartcop

Bartcop's Rule #1 for Politicians

Politicians who tell the truth can't get elected.

Voters want to be lied to - they won't vote for a man telling the truth.

In 1984, Mondale said "I'll raise your taxes, Reagan will, too."
Reagan promised he wouldn't, but he was lying and he did raise taxes.
People didn't want to hear the truth. Mondale was an idiot to level with them.

Gore said there's a right-wing media bias - they pounded him for that.
Daschle said Rush causes the ditto-monkeys to threaten people - they pounded him.

People won't vote for an athiest, either.
They want a "good Christian man, with a wife and 2.5 kids," as though believing in God and having a wife and kids makes a man a better candidate.

It's all a sham - witness the Unelected Fraud. Years ago he said, "I could never run for office, because I'm basically a media creation," but all he had to do is buy a stupid ranch and say "I'm compassionate," and suddenly he was qualified to run Planet Earth.

People are _so stupid_ they refuse to hear, "You must go to the dentist."
They want to hear, "Candy and pizza for every meal and screw that dentist."

Reagan, Bush and Bush all ran on the idea that we can have tax cuts and build up the military and it won't cause deficits, and people know that's false, but they loooooooove hearing it.