To put it another way, the "lies" you hear in a political campaign (at least in official statements) are almost never genuine lies. Instead, you get a lot of ex

To put it another way, the "lies" you hear in a political campaign (at least in official statements) are almost never genuine lies. Instead, you get a lot of exaggerations, things taken out of context, strictly-true things phrased misleadingly, minor points overemphasised, major points glossed over, weasel words, ambiguous phrasings and "well that depends on your interpretation"s. Of course all of these will be called "lies" by the opposing party, but they're not really. A sensible politician will never say anything provably false -- everything he/she says will have a back door that he/she can slip out of if it's challenged.