> The bar should be higher for them because of the reach of their misrepresentations. What bar? If you are proposing that their speech should be held to a high

> The bar should be higher for them because of the reach of their misrepresentations. What bar? If you are proposing that their speech should be held to a higher standard, that doesn't sound like free speech. > That's what courts are for. Courts are procedural, unless you are specifically speaking of the appellate process or a supreme court they are only meant to ensure that our rights are upheld and that the correct process is followed during trial. > Politicians shouldn't make idle comments anyway. Totally agree. I often respect a politician more simply for being willing to say something like "I don't know, I'll try to find out." > Finally, you can be wrong about something. It happens to anyone. Being wrong is not the same as deliberately lying. Absolutely. Politicians just often don't fall into this bucket. They are knowingly lying, either because they just care about selling themselves to potential voters, because it helps pad their wallet, or because they are trying to leverage their position to move people in a direction they think is best.