A Republican Presidential candidate that's willing to lie to prove his point.

[Lyndon]

Fact check.org reveals just how far potential Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will go to misrepresent President Obama's speech.

Huckabee’s False Witnessing

 

[Sunstone]

I'll grant Huckabee is one of the leading liars in politics today, but I don't know of any politicians that don't indulge to some extent in lying. It's more a matter of degree than anything else.

 

[Revoltingest]

A politician lied?
This should be front page news!

 

[Lyndon]

I'll grant Huckabee is one of the leading liars in politics today, but I don't know of any politicians that don't indulge to some extent in lying. It's more a matter of degree than anything else.

You've got that right!! But this did strike me as lying to a pretty big degree.

 

[Nietzsche]

Why does he still get air time? Why has he not been smote from this world by the fiery fist of an angry god?

 

[Lyndon]

I guess God may actually be conservative when it comes to using violence.

 

[Revoltingest]

I guess God may actually be conservative when it comes to using violence.

I say he looks pretty liberal with his smiting....a whole lotta smiting.

 

[metis]

Lying to demean a person is one manifestation of "bearing false witness", so for a man of the cloth to do such a thing...

 

[RedDragon94]

It just proves that religious people have guilty consciences. Obama didn't even mention the crusades.

 

[sun rise]

I expect politicians to lie in the sense of false advertising. They promise what they know they can't deliver. And they often lie about what they've done as we've seen over and over - the lying criminal is nothing new. There are many instances of both Republicans and Democrats here.

But every so often, one goes way beyond this to deliberately lie in situations where the lie will be spotted by those paying attention. Huckabee in this case is no different than the Republican party reaction in general which either so hates President Obama that they can't listen to what he's said and/or deliberately lying to stoke the fury of their base.

It's like there's no place for anyone who is not consumed by fear and hatred.