Vote Comes Down to Liar vs. Liar
Glum voters will be left to ponder not who is the better of the two candidates, but who can do the least harm to the country.
Most Americans aren't naive enough to expect total honesty from politicians. At this point we're worried mainly about the size of future lies, because we've heard some White House whoppers in the past:
America's winning the war in Vietnam.
Watergate is just a third-rate burglary.
I did NOT have sex with that woman.
Iraq is hiding weapons of mass destruction.
In the absence of candidates who tell us the truth, we need to pick the one who will tell the smallest, least dangerous lies. That, sadly, is Decision 2016.
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(Carl Hiaasen is a columnist for the Miami Herald. Readers may write to him at: 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla., 33132.)
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