19 May 2003
Surprise! Politicans Lie

Talk about a useless study.... this came from Wired News - Furthermore.

It's official -- after intensive research, scientists have concluded that politicians lie. In a study published by a U.K. government-funded Economic and Social Research Council, Glen Newey, a political scientist at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, concluded that lying is an important part of politics in modern democracy, and may even be justified at times, such as when national security is at risk. "Politics should be regarded as less like an exercise in producing truthful statements and more like a poker game," he said. If voters asked fewer questions, politicians would tell fewer lies. Bill Clinton famously lied about his affair with Monica Lewinsky, while earlier philandering U.S. presidents never had to lie about their affairs, because nobody ever asked.

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