Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Forward Opinion Column: "Bernie Sanders' shocking hypocrisy" [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Thus the large majority of his statements differentiating his history from those of his Democratic colleagues' are documented to be untrue and could be characterized as hypocritical and dishonest, also possibly delusional since he seems to believe them.
Bottom line is, every lie a politician tells is an attempted betrayal. People who lie a lot, knowingly or unknowingly, are always running for office, usually at much lower levels of course, but they fail quickly with honest people who won't tolerate it.
That's usually society's protection because truth goes mainstream, but the internet's enabled end runs around truth and much of what really is a common wisdom. It's also enabled just looking up statements to see if they're true, though. A little personal litmus test so to speak.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden