Where Do These Repug Congressmen & Senators Learn How To Lie With A Smile On Their Face?....

[global1]

They are all very adept at avoiding answering questions. They obfuscate like it is second nature. There is not a hesitation out of their mouths. It all just flows like they were reciting the Gettysburg Address.

This talent that they have must be learned somewhere. Do they hold classes for them to learn how to do this?

I don't think that I would be a good politician. I just couldn't do this. I wouldn't be able to live with myself.

[Lotusflower70]

1. Indoctrination

I think it starts at church.

[global1]

2. What? They're Taught To Lie At Church.....

isn't that a sin? Isn't that totally opposite as to what a church should be?

[Angry Dragon]

3. Some believe it is okay to lie if it protects the church

[unblock]

5. for many people, religion isn't a matter or truth or lies, it's about shared stories.

call it faith or tradition or whatever, you just don't evaluate them critically to determine truthfulness, they simply are the shared stories of your religion.

it makes it very easy to transition from that to reciting the party line of a political party. you don't think of it as lying or not, you're simply sharing the stories of your community.

[Lotusflower70]

6. Look at the Catholics

They lied to cover for those filthy priests. And there is major hypocrisy in church so lying seems like second nature.

[unblock]

4. learn by doing! it actually isn't very difficult, just takes a bit of practice.

not much different than picking up the lingo of any profession. listen to others, pay attention, and learn.


the only hard part is having facts and figures at your fingertips, and this is why fact-free republicans have it easier than fact-laden democrats.

[Ohioboy]

7. I think it is very important to treat them as lying children.

Every parent knows you have to question a guilty child very carefully so they can't lie to you with, what I call, the "technical truth". We have to treat the Trump's surrogates the same as children or we will never get the truth at all. For example don't ask "Did president Trump tell Flynn to bring up sanctions to Russia?" to which they can answer "No" because technically he wasn't yet the president. Instead, one needs to ask "Did president elect Trump ask Flynn to bring up sanctions to Russia?" forcing them to lie.
I really think they are children and should be treated as such, even to this extent.

[Hamlette]

8. Fox News

happens 24/7 there

[Wellstone ruled]

9. There are people who

specialize in training you or I to do the same thing. Called Acting or Image Coaches. Speech and Diction Coaches. Last Career was with a fortune 100 Service Company. These tools were available to all Managers.

[grantcart]

10. Could it be from our very own namesake Misanthrope?

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