Max was Wrong

Lying doesn't pay

Earlier I linked to Max Boot writing about how campaigning against an opponent for being a dirty rotten liar didn't work in American politics. Voters expect politicians to be liars.

In case you didn't know, Max Boot is one of those neo-cons who follow Strauss where the political elite is supposed to lie to the voters and wrap their self-interest in patriotic and moral values.

In the local election that just concluded I was working for a campaign where a main theme was the opponent was a liar who crossed the line. The opponent even lied again about an incident he admitted under oath he knew was not true. When his court mandated apology came out he repeated the lie the apology was about. This was the who are you going to believe - me, or me under oath defense.

He lost by one vote. See, democracy sometimes does work.

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