Or back further, the Teapot Dome scandal. Or “remember the Maine!” Or “it’s a war about states’ rights.” Or “I come not to praise Caesar but to bury him.” Or “w

Or back further, the Teapot Dome scandal. Or “remember the Maine!” Or “it’s a war about states’ rights.” Or “I come not to praise Caesar but to bury him.” Or “we feel totes bad about attacking you so we built you this wooden horse as an apology.” Maybe politicians have always been liars and people have always let them get away with it.