The truth behind the lies

by Joe Tydall, Missoula

After seven decades on the planet, I can confirm that people lie. To make matters worse, both lying frequency and severity have escalated in recent years, largely to gain and retain power.

In addition, people are generally inept at detecting lies, especially those they prefer were true. Adding another gem concerning eighth commandment violations, “a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth get its boots on.” While attributed to Mark Twain, the truth is that no irrefutable evidence has been unearthed as to who first uttered this morsel of wisdom.

So, what are some widely believed deliberate lies to which “the truth” is now nearing the finish line? How can we mere mortals separate corruption from decency?

Lie #1: Oswald killed JFK. Most folks know the lone gunman theory is likely false. But what is the strongest tell? Answer: our government has still not released all the assassination documents. Trump has vowed to declassify this information if elected. Chalk one up for the Republican candidate.

Lie #2: Trump praised white-supremacists in Charlottesville as, “very fine people.” This falsehood was repeated endlessly by the 2020 Biden-Harris campaign. However, the full press conference video straddling the “very fine people” selective edit, shows that Trump was referring to the two sides of the argument over removing the Robert E. Lee statue. Recently, the so-called “fact checking” superstar Snopes has admitted they’ve been lying about this. Chalk another “truth” for the Republican.

Lie #3: The “Trump is a dictator and will not leave office” talking point is again being spewed by main-stream media. The refutation to this one is simple. Donald and Melania vacated the White House on schedule even though there is evidence indicating the 2020 election was stolen.

Lie #4: The Jan. 6th insurrection narrative is evaporating. The big tell here is the number of malicious prosecution convictions overturned on appeal as the long hidden video is now being shown in court.

Lie #5: The military finally admitted the so-called covid “vaccine,” which Biden mandated, has injured many soldiers. The data now strongly indicates the mRNA jabs did not impede the spread or lessen the symptoms. Also, huge numbers of serious side effects, including death, have been documented.

I could go on but you get the point. When I was but a lad, “liberals” championed the individualistic, libertarian, classic, Enlightenment values like freedom of speech, rule of law, equality under the law, tolerance, restraint and so on. Sadly, in recent years, the left, including the Democrat party, has migrated to malicious punishment of opponents, censorship, rules for thee but not for me, open borders, wasting tax dollars to benefit illegal migrants while shortchanging our homeless, executive decrees rather than legislation plus a long list of other Constitutional violations.

Having voted Democrat for President eleven times and after chasing down the lies layered upon lies layered upon even more lies, I find the truth-tellers in the Missoula area for national office on Nov. 5th to be Trump, Sheehy and Zinke.