Remember the 1997 movie Liar,
Liar, starring Jim Carrey? He played
the role of Fletcher Reede who was a successful, winning attorney mainly due to
his dishonesty and lying. He lied
convincingly. Today his sexual harassment in the workplace would not be
tolerated (hopefully.) After
consistently breaking commitments to his son, his son wished that his Dad would
stop lying for 24 hours. Suddenly,
Fletcher discovers he can only speak the truth.
I WAS thinking of
Liar, Liar after hearing Donald Trump
say for the twentieth time, “This thing, (tax cut bill) will cost me a fortune.
Believe me. Believe me, it’s not good for me. My rich friends are going to be so mad at
me. Believe me! Believe me!”
OUR FIRST lesson as
a child is, do not tell a lie. Raising a
child that tells the truth is most important to us. We threaten them with our
all our parental power when we think they are telling a lie. As adults, we assume everyone is telling the
truth until we catch them in a lie. Former President George Bush mangled this old
saying but we all got the message, “Lie to me once, shame on you. Lie to me twice, shame on me.” The truth from Donald Trump is scarcer than
hen’s teeth. The website, PolitiFacts, is a site made up of
Editors and Reporters who fact-check statements made by politicians and others. PolitiFacts
reports that Trump’s statements were false 70% of the time, 11% were mostly
true, and only 4% completely true.
LIKE FLETCHER’S
son in Liar, Liar, I wished that Trump
would stop lying and could only speak the truth for 24 hours. I realized my
wish had been granted on Saturday morning! After saying repeated that he fired General
Flynn because he lied to Mike Pence, he finally admitted the truth when he
tweeted “I fired Mike Flynn because he lied to Mike Pence and the FBI.” He actually
admitted to obstruction of justice! Before
the spell could wear off, I had the opportunity to interview the
President. Here is the transcript.
Me: We know you were advised by Sally Yates
on January 26 that Flynn lied to the FBI.
Sally Yates was fired on January 31.
Now that you have finally admitted that you knew Flynn lied to the FBI,
why did you wait until February 13th to fire Mike Flynn?
Trump: Because I owed my election to Mike for his
backroom deals with Russia. I thought I
could get James Comey to make it all go away for me with the FBI and I would be
“in like flynn” with the Russians. Comey wouldn’t pledge his support to me, so
I had to fire him, too.
Me: Why won’t you release your income tax
returns?
Trump: Many
of my financial transactions are with some very bad people in other countries. Very bad people. I need people to believe I got my money the old fashion way—that
I earned it. My tax returns are the
single piece of evidence that proves the Tax Scam Bill will benefit me hugely. Besides, they will show I’m not really a
billionaire and that would be very, very bad for me.
Me: You
have repeatedly said, “No collusion.” Did
your campaign collude with Russia and Putin to throw the election for you?
Trump:
You don’t think my election was a fluke, do you?
Me: Why
are you the last person on earth that will not say or do anything that is not
complimentary about Vladimir Putin?
Trump: Putin
has told me he is my friend, he has said good things about me, and he has
pledged not to release the pee pee tapes he has of me. He also told me that as long as I’m loyal to
him, he will make me a real billionaire.
Me: Is
it true that you sexually assaulted at least 15 women?
Trump:
No, that is not true! It was
many, many more than that! I paid them
off and made them sign non-disclosure agreements. Somehow, I missed those women that came forward
during my campaign. I remember one time,
there was this young girl who brought charges against me ...I gotta go! What have I done??? The spell has worn off! I have to go think of a lie to cover up the
truth I told about Flynn lying! I have an
idea! I will make my personal attorney take
the fall. Believe me! Believe me!
SO THAT’S it, folks.
We finally know the truth. Now we
have to wait for it to set us free.
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