It was a dark and stormy night. In reality, it was high noon; the sun was shining and not a cloud in the sky. However the rules dictate I start with something about it being dark and stormy, so there you go. The End

Sarah Palin tops the list as being the worse and biggest liar in a presidential campaign. It only took her three days after she was introduced as McCain’s a running mate to start the abominable lying ball rolling. The infamous “Bridge To Nowhere” was her glaring claim to fame. She said she opposed it, although, records show she strongly supported it and accepted money to build it. Negative publicity caused her to change her tune and she didn’t give the money back. Does that make her a twofer, a liar and a thief? Or is that wishful thinking on my part?

Sorry folks. I mean to click comments and accidentally clicked rec'd. :(

George Bush telling the country that he gave Cheney permission to release the name of Valerie Plame to Scooter Libby, thereby inoculating him from prosecution/impeachment. Then turning around and refusing to pardon Libby, because he was pissed at what they did, without telling him!

well, there were those 935 Bush administration lies documented by some media org, right? I thought there was a site dedicated to listing all the lies but it may have been scrubbed. I can only find this reference to it, but it's a start:

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/74715/

- Ari Fleisher saying that Saddam Hussain was behind 911

- John McCain saying he chose the most qualified person he could find to be his VP running mate

- Joe Lieberman saying anything at all

- Barack Obama when he says he likes Joe Lieberman

- Eric Cantor when he said the Stimulus Bill (which he admits he hasn't read) includes a train from Disney to Las Vegas.

- People who deny global warming

- Everyone who says that Plame was not a covert CIA agent

- Senator Craig when he says he's not gay

- John Cramer when he says he was a victim of liars

-Karl Rove -- He doesn't even have to open his mouth. He is a walking lie.

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- THE BIG LIE: The one that started the Iraq War
a. the State of the Union Lie about centrifuges
b. the mushroom cloud lie when they knew it was all faked
c. mission accomplished

- THE NEW, IMPROVED BIG LIE:
a. we went to Iraq to free their people
b. we went to Iraq to give their people democracy
c. the surge worked
d. we did a good thing, and the Iraqis are so grateful
e. all the other countries thought they had WMD's too

Brand spanking new lie here. Boehner says financial industry was never deregulated.

http://www.dailykostv.com/w/001030/

BLITZER: He seemed to be saying, all those Republicans who want a free market, who want to deregulate, who want the government off the back of these huge corporations, look what they're -- look what we got as a result of all of that.

BOEHNER: Wolf, you have to understand, there was no deregulation of anything in the financial services industries. As a matter of fact, there was an increase in regulation.

Here are some lies just off the top of my head:

Autoworkers make $73/hour

Our medical system is the best in the world

Republicans are for smaller and more limited government

Liberals can't win elections (just ask Russ Feingold, Barney Frank, Henry Waxman, and Bernie Sanders)

Labor Unions have too much power

Here's a newly minted lie. Via Jane Hamsher at FDL:

http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/19/bonus-coverage-cummings-continues-asking-aig-the-questions-that-geithner-should-have-long-ago/

Liddy told Rep. Cummings that he had authorized 158 retention bonuses, but that turned out not to be true when he had to testify under oath yesterday. Liddy revealed that he had personally authorized between 4500 and 4700 bonuses, and that didn't include bonuses that may have been authorized by other managers at AIG

So many to choose from and so little time. Ten years from now investigations will continue.

But, I do believe that the single biggest lie over the last eight plus years, goes something like this:

The events of 9/11/01 spurred our president to take all measures necessary to protect our country and led to our invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Others underline WMDs and fake nukes and ....

O'Neill the conservative Secretary of the Treasury said that in the last week of January, 2001, w said to a meeting of cabinet officials involved in National Security, that "We're goin into Iraq, find a way."

Prior to that, on his inauguration day in 2001, Clinton states he attempted to discuss some national security issues with w and w said, it does not matter the first thing we are going to do is invade Iraq. And Clinton, who did not hold a lot of credibility at that time, was telling the truth.

On September 12, 2001, Rummy turned to an aide and said "Well, I guess he has found a way." while surveying the destruction at the Pentagon.

It seems to me that this discloses 'intent' prior to any attack on this country.

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As a history teacher I must include Richard Nixon's "I am not a crook."

"Barack has said in the last week that he really liked the ideas of the Republicans over the last 10 to 15 years, and we can give you the exact quote." -Hillary Clinton

"You won't hear me forget to mention hydro[electric power] any more." -Barack Obama

Both of those really bother me. Because I like both of them.

How about this lie - that Obama would have an administration that's more "transparent"? He said in his campaign "sunshine before signing" but that was a big farce. How about no more pork? Also a lie. Gee, I guess all presidents lie!

Hey Bill....

The Pork is not the presidents lie. Blame should be assigned appropriately, on congress.

And as for transparency?

How do things compare to the most recent previous administration?

Keep obfuscating yourself.

Right into irrelevance.

Biggest lie recently was Bernake and Paulson telling congress to pass the TARP now or financial armageddon will occur. Another is that the US is not in Iraq because of oil. Huge whopper from way back in the early 1980s, that the unitary executive powers mean that in time of was the president is above the law. The other is that the president doesn't need congress to declare war. Last but not least "We are in a war on terror?"

The conflation of 9/11 with war instead of crimes against humanity. Calling the Geneva Conventions "quaint." The "Osama video."

That's a few recent whoppers. But the biggest lie of all is manifest destiny... That somehow this nation is the best of all possible nations and has the responsibility to protect, tame, and domesticate the entire world via military force and trade manipulation. That lie underlines our collective stupidity in world and domestic affairs.