re: #128 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve

Jake…so close
The word is “lie” as in “this is a lie”

It’s not a mistake
Misuse of some obscure errant data
Error
Misinterpretation

It’s a wholehearted premeditated knowing fucking lie

Good morning, Lizards!

This crap brought something ,to my mind that I have been wondering about for a while. To me, I would think a major theme in the Democratic political pitches to both the Dem base and Independents would/should be a single-minded harping on (what I see) as Donald Trump’s most blatant and obvious failing. His credibility - or more precisely, his utter lack of it. On a level unheard-of in a POTUS in our history. I mean, LBJ destroyed his after years of bullshitting about Vietnam, but Trump hasn’t been able to cite an accurate figure or back up a claim since he became President. And NO ONE (especially the media) ever seems to seriously call him on it. At least not when it comes to political issue. During the recent Wall Shutdown, I kept waiting for someone - anyone - to simply get up (on the floor of Congress, say), and demand that Trump provide some sort of verifiable backup for his overblown, hysterical claims about “illegals” and “crime” and “trafficking” or whatever. And exactly WHY his idiot Wall would help. Etc. Simply get up and say “Donald Trump says [whatever]: given his record of lying, why should we believe him?”
I mean, we here do, and realize (at least AFAICT) that Trump’s. Presidency is mostly/mainly Bluster Theater for the rubes, and “not intended to be a factual statement”, but really? Shouldn’t this be more of a foundation for the Opposition?