The Nasty Truth
How often have you heard people say politics is just so nasty, it turns me off and that's why I don't get involved. If only we could be nicer and return to a better time when we respected each other and behaved in a good manner. That time never existed, it is a myth. Watching the Republican Debate last night with all the barbs flying back and forth I was reminded of this erroneous belief that nasty politics is unique to our modern times. Donald Trump repeatedly called Ted Cruz a liar. I would call Cruz a denier of fact for political gain, a distorter of reality to create a fog of confusion, a deceptive manipulator of people's fears for the sole purpose of gaining power for his own petty propensities. In the common tongue, a liar. In the early days of our Republic, newspapers frequently made up horrible things about politicians they wanted to destroy and fact checking was non-existent. The politicians themselves were no better, they bashed one another with vigor, includin...