[DiabloD3]

Actually, it makes me wonder.

How many politicians have pulled similar tricks to get elected/stay elected? Its sometimes hard to fact check these people, and the media repeatedly gets called on the carpet for not fact checking either.

Politicians are often called professional liars, so the line to Kip Litton isn't hard to draw, even if isn't always warranted.

HN is largely anti-politics, but I think in this case there has been enough politicians who have been caught telling the "big lie" that it is worth bringing it up for discussion on this.

[philwelch]

I have to admit, it's kind of amusing seeing the lengths people will go to on HN to rationalize a patently off-topic comment or submission as being on-topic.