Lying Liars Who Lie

I really try to understand the attraction of Donald Trump, I really do, but sometimes I just have to scratch my head...or smash it against a wall, when contemplating why people say that they're voting for Trump. I understand why some people don't like Hillary Clinton. For some it's philosophical, they're conservative in their political viewpoint and don't want to see a perceived liberal in the White House, a President who would appoint "liberal judges". These people sincerely believe that liberals are destroying America and see Hillary Clinton as exemplifying the liberal politician. If that's as far as they went, and claimed that Trump was bad, but at least he's nominally a Republican, so they're going to vote anti-liberal I'd get it. But then they try to justify, to further rationalize their preference for Trump by pointing out that "Hillary lies", "Hillary is deceitful", "Hillary is corrupt" as if Trump somehow is not.

I'm not going to spend the time in this particular post fact-checking all the accusations against Hillary Clinton, or voicing my opinion on their significance, but, even stipulating that the basic accusations are true and that Hillary Clinton is a basically dishonest, dissembling, deceitful human being, why, oh why does anyone think that Donald J. Trump isn't?

Donald Trump lies so often that it is often difficult to keep up. His speeches are full of made-up "facts". He lies about things that can be easily checked, he lies about things that he is on record as saying, he lies when he says that he didn't tweet something that he tweeted just days before, he lies about why he doesn't release his tax returns, he lies about his net worth, he admits lying during business deals, he lies about his opponents and their families, and on and on it goes. And then, he accuses others of lying, while he lies about them.

You want to make a political case for Trump, go ahead, there are legitimate, if shaky, points to be made, but to claim the moral high ground versus Hillary Clinton? Don't make me laugh.