Why Can't Hillary Clinton Stop Lying?

[Cow Poke]

I said it elsewhere, and it probably needs to be attributed to somebody famous who said it first (just let me know, and I'll do so) but Hillary belongs to that special breed of pathological liar that can only be described as "somebody who would rather climb a tree and tell a lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth, when the truth would work just as well".

Here's an article by Ron Fournier, a senior political columnist at National Journal.

He points out that, in his opinion, the Democrats put on a much better convention than the Republicans, Donald Trump is a "dangerous demagogue" and "repugnant" (I'm sure most of our liberals would agree) yet she seems INCAPABLE of NOT LYING.

Source: TheAtlantic

This is a note to Clinton Democrats—a desperate plea, actually. Your candidate staged a winning convention in Philadelphia: big stars, tight messaging, and a compelling case against her rival, Donald Trump.
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The Republican nominee followed up by smearing a war hero’s family, revealing his ignorance about Russia’s incursions into Ukraine, denying a relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin that he had previously claimed, and failing to quell suspicions that his team changed the GOP platform to protect Putin’s interests.

Hillary Clinton may be rising in the polls as a result, which is good news for people like me across the political spectrum who find Trump to be vacuous, soulless, and temperamentally unfit for the presidency.

Yet I’m not angry at Trump; I expect him to be repugnant. I am angry at Clinton, because she followed up her convention with another unnecessary lie; another excuse for people to distrust her; another thin reed upon which undecided voters could justify a belated allegiance to a man who former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called “a dangerous demagogue.”

On Sunday, the former secretary of state told FOX News’ Chris Wallace that FBI Director James Comey cleared her of misleading the public about her rogue email server at the state department: “Director Comey said my answers were truthful, and what I’ve said is consistent with what I have told the American people, that there were decisions discussed and made to classify retroactively certain of the emails.”

That’s wrong and she knows it, which makes it a lie.

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I’m angry at Clinton because I expect better. The country needs better. I say again: If Trump becomes president, the world will have Clinton to blame.

Her dishonesty could push an unknown number of independent and undecided voters into Trump’s camp or toward a non-major-party candidate. If too many swing voters walk away from Clinton because she destroyed her credibility or because they don’t want to condone her behavior, the nuclear codes go to Trump.

That is why Clinton’s advisers, senior Democrats, and members of the liberal media need to stop covering for Clinton. Stop repeating her spin. Stop spreading her lies. Stop enabling her worse angels. It’s too late for Clinton to come clean, but honorable Democrats should at least insist that she stop muddying the water.

Please, for the sake of the country, tell her: Stop lying.

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In my opinion, she can't stop lying - it's who she is!

[seanD]

She can't stop lying because her father is the father of lies. Lying to her is like breathing. But you got to admit, it seems to work with the crowd she intends for it to work for.

[Cow Poke]

She can't stop lying because her father is the father of lies. Lying to her is like breathing. But you got to admit, it seems to work with the crowd she intends for it to work for.

And, since the MSM is in the pocket of her pant suits, she doesn't get the scrutiny or blowback that Trump gets.

[Starlight]

Yes, she is a pathological liar. Trump is the same but even more prolific. These days he's up to 30% of his fact-checked statements being true-ish.

Both are terrible, lying, candidates, who are disqualified from office by virtue of many things. Congrats America.

[Cow Poke]

Yes, she is a pathological liar. Trump is the same but even more prolific. These days he's up to 30% of his fact-checked statements being true-ish.

Both are terrible, lying, candidates, who are disqualified from office by virtue of many things. Congrats America.

The major difference, of course, is that Trump regularly gets called on it, Hillary gets defended by the MSM.

[seanD]

And, since the MSM is in the pocket of her pant suits, she doesn't get the scrutiny or blowback that Trump gets.

I'm guessing the media covers for her because they get the ratings when history is made of a first female POTUS. The leaders of the DNC cover for her so they can proclaim to the world that they're the party that elected the first black and first female POTUS (her abject corruption aside), which they probably hope makes up for the past racist views that tarnish their history. Her lowly supporters cover for her because.... well... that one is a total mystery to me. Lack of intelligence, naivety, gullibility...

[Starlight]

The major difference, of course, is that Trump regularly gets called on it, Hillary gets defended by the MSM.

The MSM is in bed with the political establishment and Wall St. Of course they're going to be favorable to one of their own.

However, in their defense somewhat, as much as I hate the MSM, they do tend to love the shock value of anti-Hillary stories and can get pretty enthusiastically against Hillary at times. They are hamstrung a bit because their lawyers tell them never to state that a person is a "liar" or "was lying" on screen in case they get sued for it, so they have to talk around the point by saying "Hillary misspoke" or asking "was Hillary being truthful?" repeatedly without directly answering the question, or saying that they "invite viewers to draw their own conclusions" which is code for "they lied". And they seem to love the ratings boosts that Trump coverage gives, so they give him pretty much non-stop coverage (certainly much of it is negative, but that tends to not matter in politics so much as just getting coverage).

[Cow Poke]

The MSM is in bed with the political establishment and Wall St. Of course they're going to be favorable to one of their own.

However, in their defense somewhat, as much as I hate the MSM, they do tend to love the shock value of anti-Hillary stories and can get pretty enthusiastically against Hillary at times.

Examples?

They are hamstrung a bit because their lawyers tell them never to state that a person is a "liar" or "was lying" on screen in case they get sued for it, so they have to talk around the point by saying "Hillary misspoke" or asking "was Hillary being truthful?" repeatedly without directly answering the question, or saying that they "invite viewers to draw their own conclusions" which is code for "they lied". And they seem to love the ratings boosts that Trump coverage gives, so they give him pretty much non-stop coverage (certainly much of it is negative, but that tends to not matter in politics so much as just getting coverage).

Sure - the old "doesn't matter what you say about me, as long as you spell my name correctly!" adage.

[CMD]

Her lowly supporters cover for her because.... well... that one is a total mystery to me. Lack of intelligence, naivety, gullibility...

I get the impression a lot of it is simply a matter of making sure that Trump doesn't win, and not so much a matter of actually liking Hillary. If acting like Hillary is awesome and defending even the indefensible will help keep Trump out of the WH, then so be it.

I've even seen it suggested several times (by random internet commenters, mind you) that everyone, even professional journalists, have a moral obligation to go after Trump exclusively while defending Hillary vigorously, because Trump is just so terrible that keeping him out of the WH takes precedent over everything else.

I.e., a lot of her "lowly supporters" are supporters in appearance only, while the others have simply been duped by them.

[One Bad Pig]

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[seanD]

I get the impression a lot of it is simply a matter of making sure that Trump doesn't win, and not so much a matter of actually liking Hillary.

Nah, I'm not talking about that crowd. I get it if a person hates Trump so much, they've got to hold their nose and reluctantly vote for Hillary because they believe she's the lesser of evil.

What I'm referring to are the multitude of smiley and gleeful dupes in the crowd during her speeches, waving their pro-Hillary signs, hanging onto her every word with bated breath and cheering everything she says regardless of what she says just because she's Hillary. That's who I'm talking about. And I used the word "lowly" to distinguish the elite crowd of Dems from the little people (not the least of which are black communities). I understand why the Dem leadership supports her, and will stop at nothing to get her elected, because they're just as corrupt as she is.

[Mountain Man]

And, since the MSM is in the pocket of her pant suits, she doesn't get the scrutiny or blowback that Trump gets.

For that matter, Trump is vilified for telling the truth!