It's a Lost Cause?

I heard a guy the other day saying how Paul Ryan's economic plan is going to take away Social Security and Medicare from retirees and senior citizens--right away if implemented.  It would do no such thing, not as he devised it.  It's easily checked at Ryan's Web site.  SS and M wouldn't be touched, if his plan were ever enacted, until 2023 at the earliest.  That means those currently in their early to mid-50s have about a dozen years to make their own plans.  And Ryan's plan also has a gov't catchall; that is, SS and M are not eliminated.

I received some mail from the NEA which completely distorts Romney's record and words.  There are reasons to criticize Romney--and I do--but these distortions (does that mean "lies?") are not among them.

And, to play fair, I received an e-mail about Obama and the flag and national anthem that is inaccurate and, mostly, fabricated.  He may or may not believe, personally, what this e-mail alleges.  But he never articulated, on television or anywhere else publicly, this.

The point is, can we ever stop the dishonesty?  Has our system of education produced so many ignorant and gullible people?  Do people willfully believe everything their side says?  Have the sides no sense of shame, that winning at all cost trumps basic principles of honesty?  (The way politicians from both parties have acted over the past few decades would seem to suggest there is no sense of shame among them.)  Is dishonesty the key to winning elections?  (Where are the media on all of this?  One would think there are lots of sales, not to mention Pulitzers?, for exposing all the dishonesty, perhaps one piece at a time.)

No, I won't give up....