What is the thing politicians are most famous for? You guessed it - lying. Politicians of all kinds are known for deceiving people, for telling tall tales. And one thing that we all may wonder is why there's no law against it. A lot of us rely on fact-checkers and the media to help us determine the truth. With every story, there are a hundred and one different versions of it. Here's my opinion: There's nothing anyone can do about it. Politicians in some cases, may have to lie to have a better chance of winning an election, for example.
Just picture yourself being asked a question that you really don't know the answer to. Keep in mind that you and your opponent are in a tough competition at the moment, and whatever you say will be analyzed by, I don't know, millions of people. Nearly the whole country. Do you tell the truth and say you don't know the answer, or will you lie? I'm not saying that lying is a good thing, but you have to understand what position the politicians are in. As law expert Richard L. Hasen has recently pointed out, candidates might actually have the right to lie under the Constitution. I couldn't believe that when I heard it, but it's very much possible.
Whether or not they have a right or not, it's not exactly easy to figure out when a candidate is lying or not. Yes, there are some telltale signs, like not making eye contact, looking away from who you're talking to, sounding nervous, etc. But some people seem to be able to lie so easily and often that you don't know when they're telling the truth or not.
So I have a few questions for you. Is what candidates say they're going to do really a lie? Can you tell? Is there a surefire way to tell? Because no one can tell what the future holds, so sometimes things don't go as planned. Plans that candidates may have wanted to put into place may not be able to be put in place. That doesn't exactly make it a lie in my opinion. Also, do you think lies are needed to help candidates win elections? Is it something vital for their campaign?
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