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Liars Gonna Lie, Again and Again
Nov. 4th, 2023 06:29 pmI haven't blogged much this week. After averaging over 2 posts/day across October (and higher in September) I've posted only 4 blogs in the past 5 days. Part of that is my ongoing travel dry spell— this is our sixth weekend at home— which takes away one of my usual topics of writing. The other part of it is that what's been in the news the past few weeks is mostly politics.
I... kind of hate... writing about politics. It's not that I hate politics or choose not to pay attention to it. Though many people I know profess not to pay attention simply because they find it so odious. No, I follow the news daily, I pay attention, and I care and think deeply about what's happening. The problem is that since politics is so full of bullshit right now— with the Republican party having become basically a nonstop lying machine— paying attention to what's happening and caring about what's happening is exhausting.
I do push myself, though, to write about politics occasionally. I refuse to allow the constant dishonesty and bad-faith dealing of one party force me to drop out. That's actually one of the literal aims of their constant dishonesty and bad-faith dealing! (Ref. Steve Bannon's infamous "flood the channel with shit" quote.) So, speaking of constant dishonesty, I'll write today about one of the GOP's exemplars of ridiculous fabrications, Rep. George Santos.
Since the last time I wrote about liar-liar-pants-on-fire George Santos several months ago he's added way more lies to his increasingly outlandish autobiography and prosecutors have added more charges to his indictment. A few weeks ago Santos was charged with a 23-count indictment (US Justice Dept. press release, 10 Oct 2023) superseding the previous 13 count indictment. Among the 10 new felony charges are wire fraud and election fraud. Santos allegedly stole money from his political donors by making unauthorized charges against their credit cards. And that's just one of the new allegations.
Santos, for his part, remains not only completely unrepentant, but has added absurd new claims to his mountain of lies. (A blog I wrote in January lists several of his original lies.) For example, in an interview two weeks ago with a New York Times reporter he claimed that his niece had been kidnapped and pointed suspicion toward China over the tough political stance he'd taken on some unspecified issue involving China. The reporter checked with police source, who confirmed that officers had investigate but found no evidence of either (a) any involvement by anyone from China, nor (b) even any kind of kidnapping at all. Source: NY Times article 22 Oct 2023.
Santos continues to insist he'll run for reelection in 2024. He also insists voters don't care that he lied about his record. That could be the one false story that actually gets him removed from office.
I... kind of hate... writing about politics. It's not that I hate politics or choose not to pay attention to it. Though many people I know profess not to pay attention simply because they find it so odious. No, I follow the news daily, I pay attention, and I care and think deeply about what's happening. The problem is that since politics is so full of bullshit right now— with the Republican party having become basically a nonstop lying machine— paying attention to what's happening and caring about what's happening is exhausting.
I do push myself, though, to write about politics occasionally. I refuse to allow the constant dishonesty and bad-faith dealing of one party force me to drop out. That's actually one of the literal aims of their constant dishonesty and bad-faith dealing! (Ref. Steve Bannon's infamous "flood the channel with shit" quote.) So, speaking of constant dishonesty, I'll write today about one of the GOP's exemplars of ridiculous fabrications, Rep. George Santos.
Since the last time I wrote about liar-liar-pants-on-fire George Santos several months ago he's added way more lies to his increasingly outlandish autobiography and prosecutors have added more charges to his indictment. A few weeks ago Santos was charged with a 23-count indictment (US Justice Dept. press release, 10 Oct 2023) superseding the previous 13 count indictment. Among the 10 new felony charges are wire fraud and election fraud. Santos allegedly stole money from his political donors by making unauthorized charges against their credit cards. And that's just one of the new allegations.
Santos, for his part, remains not only completely unrepentant, but has added absurd new claims to his mountain of lies. (A blog I wrote in January lists several of his original lies.) For example, in an interview two weeks ago with a New York Times reporter he claimed that his niece had been kidnapped and pointed suspicion toward China over the tough political stance he'd taken on some unspecified issue involving China. The reporter checked with police source, who confirmed that officers had investigate but found no evidence of either (a) any involvement by anyone from China, nor (b) even any kind of kidnapping at all. Source: NY Times article 22 Oct 2023.
Santos continues to insist he'll run for reelection in 2024. He also insists voters don't care that he lied about his record. That could be the one false story that actually gets him removed from office.
