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Beverly Beckham Untruths have consequences

We lie to friends because it’s easier than telling the truth:

“I didn’t forget your birthday. I just forgot to call you.”

“You haven’t changed a bit.”

We lie to get out of sticky situations:

“I’ll call you.”

“We can still be friends.”

We lie to our wives:

“I’m stuck in traffic.”

“I never look at other women.”

“Of course I haven’t been drinking.”

We lie to our husbands:

“I’ll be ready in a minute.”

“There’s nothing wrong. I’m fine.”

The serpent lied to Eve, and truth has suffered since.

But never as publicly and as profoundly as it is suffering now.

Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama have taken lying to a new level. They manipulate facts, they distort figures, they avoid answering questions. They smile and dance around issues like Billy Flynn in “Chicago” — “Give ‘em the old razzle dazzle / Razzle dazzle ’em.

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