http://pauljacobson.org/2008/01/30/it-is-a-bad-idea-to-lie-in-a-presidential-campaign/ blogger. evangelist. maven. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:14:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://pauljacobson.org/2008/01/30/it-is-a-bad-idea-to-lie-in-a-presidential-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-2870 Blog » Blog Archive » It is a bad idea to lie in a presidential campaign Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:46:11 +0000 http://pauljacobson.org/?p=2092#comment-2870 [...] Wired Gecko wrote an interesting post today on It is a bad idea to lie in a presidential campaignHere’s a quick excerpt At least that is the case in the United States. Here is a powerful video showing why it is a bad idea to lie to prospective voters in an effort to discredit a rival. (Source: Larry Lessig’s blog) Unfortunately lying to voters isn’t unusual in South Africa. The main thing here is to tell the voters what they want to hear, regardless of whether you follow through on your promises. There is little risk of enough voters finding out about your lies and actually holding you accountable so it is [...] [...] Wired Gecko wrote an interesting post today on It is a bad idea to lie in a presidential campaignHere’s a quick excerpt At least that is the case in the United States. Here is a powerful video showing why it is a bad idea to lie to prospective voters in an effort to discredit a rival. (Source: Larry Lessig’s blog) Unfortunately lying to voters isn’t unusual in South Africa. The main thing here is to tell the voters what they want to hear, regardless of whether you follow through on your promises. There is little risk of enough voters finding out about your lies and actually holding you accountable so it is [...]

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