If republicans told the truth there would be no need for an investigation

[BOSSHOG]

Now they break out the latest version of Attack of the Giant Gay Penis so they can defend young "christian" virgins from the evils of liberalism.

I wasted my time supporting and defending the constitution for all those years.

[MadMaddie]

1. Hey BossHog.....the truth scares them

[BOSSHOG]

2. Hi Maddie

It is extremely pathetic is it not. They choose not to take Mark Twains advice: Always tell the truth and you will never have to remember anything. They don't tell the truth and now they have a Chinese Fire Drill.

It is just mind boggling; living from day to day and lying as a modus operandi.

[MadMaddie]

3. Agreed....."if the truth shall set you free" is true...than the opposite

is true....

Sir Walter Scott's famous couplet "Oh, what a tangled web we weave / When first we practice to deceive!" describes the often difficult procedure of covering up a lie so that it is not detected at some future time.


They are tripping over their own lies.....and burying themselves....that's why Hastert and the other Repugs looks awful...the lies are poisening their very beings.....

It is mind boggling....

[BOSSHOG]

4. A former Officer in Charge of mine

while I was in the Navy (in a position of pretty big responsibility) told me when he checked onboard, I can forgive and tolerate many things. I don't care if you screw something up as long as you are willing to learn from mistakes and fix it. But if you ever lie to me your career will be over. We had a great working relationship after that initial riot act reading but I never had any problem knowing where the man stood on any issue. I never lied (not that I had any desire to) and we met mission requirements. And I didn't have to remember much.

It must be extremely difficult for those people to tell the truth.

[MadMaddie]

5. I have never been a good liar.....and so I just don't do it...

and it seems to me that the truth is easier to tell.....than a lie....
The Repugs just don't get it.....

Listening to Hastert try to cover his ass on CNN....pathetic...

[gratuitous]

6. When fealty to the truth is your guiding principle

Yes, it's easy enough to stick with the truth.

But the Republican guiding principle is "The Elephant soars over all." That is, political considerations trump everything else, even the truth. If the truth doesn't advance Republican candidates or the issue of the day, then the truth has to go by the wayside. Keeping Foley safe, tamping down inconvenient rumors about his personal conduct, and maintaining the Republican majority for another day or month or election cycle, all took prominence over the truth. Keeping the money coming in had to take precedence over any niggling concerns about the young men in the page program.

Until, of course, the truth surfaces as it always does. Then everyone has to scramble to work their stories around the truth while still keeping the political considerations in the forefront. So you have these ridiculous statements about how this is all the Democrats' fault, or Clinton's fault, or Dick Morris' fault or some other laughable assertion. Because the Elephant must be fed.