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>>>It's hard to believe someone is telling the truth when you know you'd be lying if you were in their place.
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>>Would you lie if you knew you had an enemy who was just waiting for you to do that? Would you lie if you knew you could lose your job and/or go to jail if you got caught? Would you lie if you thought people would forgive you if you confessed and at least acted like you were sorry. I don't think most of us would - he did.
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>Personally, I try not to lie at all. I think keeping with the truth is a way to build character. My rule to myself is if you can't tell the truth, keep your mouth shut. I don't want to have to remember any lies I might have told so I don't tell them.
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>That said though, lying is a very good method of achieving success. Lies, as we all know, can be very useful if we sucumb to their temptation. The public must accept some of the blame for letting the liars profit from their lies. Are the revelations and lies so extraordinary now or are they just a culmination of a pattern that has been present for a long time?
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>As a non-US citizen I have a different perspective. I would have voted for Bob Dole the last time around. I don't see or read about your politicians as much as you do. But this is the same guy who was elected twice. Has he changed in that time? Looks like not. He has been rewarded for his attitudes and behaviour his whole life. His character never mattered before in his rise up the political ladder.
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>I always figured that Americans voted for Clinton because they didn't care about his character (or lack of) or his morality. I presumed he was voted in because of policies. So why the outrage now? You got exactly what you voted for.

Most of the outrage is from ppl saying i told you so. it's just that more ppl are listening now.