I have voted in every election since I built my home in 1978. I have realized that many people campaigning for elected office say they stand for something and then either ignore the matter or flip to the other side. They often flip back for the next election correctly knowing their constituency will believe them again.

There is an old story about the French Revolution. Two men were standing in a doorway, seeing a crowd marching up the street, one says to the other, “What do they want?”. The other says, “I will find out so I can lead them.”. Does that sound familiar? How many say they will support the goals of some radical group just to get elected even if the result is bad for the people and the country.

Some will do everything to stay in office, even join an insurrection as occurred on January 6, 2021. Immediately after Republicans took the floor to lamblaste then President Donald Trump, only to travel to Mar A Largo to kiss his body part to get back in his goodwill. In spite of all the indictments and Trump’s statements they support him just to keep his mob’s support. Does that sound familiar?

I don’t know if other countries’ leaders lie to their people as often or as much as ours do to us. Few other countries’ voters are as complacent as ours since our voter turnout is so light. We look at Vladimir Putin’s control of Russian Media. His Cyber people work to reduce some groups of Americans going to the polls. Disinformation in American Campaign goes back to George Washington’s time.

Americans say they don’t believe their political leaders when they are truthful but listen to and are influenced by the most outrageous lies and agendas. A great example is a Trump Rally.