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All politicians lie don't they?
Statements since 2007 by presidential candidates (and some current and former officeholders) ranked from most dishonest over all to least dishonest, as fact-checked by PolitiFact. “Pants on Fire” refers to the most egregious falsehoods.
* PANTS ON FIRE: All politicians lie, right? Or exaggerate. Or misspeak. Or something. But some do it more than others. Good read in NY Times opinion section today from a Politifact fact-checker on the incidence of lying among their fact-checks of presidential candidate statements. On the whole, Republicans are less dependable than Democrats. Donald Trump and Ben Carson lead the pack as factually challenged. Trump, said the writer, is "astonishingly poor," which is a commentary on the faith-based electorate that gives him a lead in most primary polls.
* PANTS ON FIRE: All politicians lie, right? Or exaggerate. Or misspeak. Or something. But some do it more than others. Good read in NY Times opinion section today from a Politifact fact-checker on the incidence of lying among their fact-checks of presidential candidate statements. On the whole, Republicans are less dependable than Democrats. Donald Trump and Ben Carson lead the pack as factually challenged. Trump, said the writer, is "astonishingly poor," which is a commentary on the faith-based electorate that gives him a lead in most primary polls.