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***The cost of lying to win | 63 comments (63 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: The cost of lying to win (4.00 / 4)

and if that fails, to vote the bums out at the first opportunity.

Best of luck. Hope it works better in Hungary than in the U.S.A.

Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.

by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Tue Sep 19th, 2006 at 02:17:11 AM EST

Re: The cost of lying to win (4.00 / 4)

Ha ha ha... he he he... HA HA HA... BWAHAHAHA... <sob>

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Sep 19th, 2006 at 04:56:18 AM EST
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Re: The cost of lying to win (none / 0)

Name a single democracy where the government in power DIDN'T do that. Lie to win? Standard practice everywhere.

by messy on Tue Sep 19th, 2006 at 01:17:03 PM EST
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Re: The cost of lying to win (none / 1)

Governments lie. This one has lied more than most, but there's an established political remedy for that sort of behaviour, and it isn't burning cars in the street.

by IdiotSavant on Tue Sep 19th, 2006 at 05:01:44 PM EST
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