Comments on: Campaign promises: what are they worth? http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17270 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Josh http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17270/comment-page-1#comment-833370 Josh Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:16:43 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17270#comment-833370 Maybe reverse psychology could work... make them promise bad things and then once they're elected, they won't carry out the bad promises... I doubut it'd work though... Maybe reverse psychology could work… make them promise bad things and then once they’re elected, they won’t carry out the bad promises… I doubut it’d work though…

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17270/comment-page-1#comment-833362 Reader's Write Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:11:48 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17270#comment-833362 Whenever a new candidate says he plans to raise taxes or cut specific programs to balance the budget, he's just killed his chances of ever being elected. We always elect people who pledge they'll never do such things, then once in office, do them anyway, then blame others and make lame excuses. We deserve all the lying politicians we get. Whenever a new candidate says he plans to raise taxes or cut specific programs to balance the budget, he’s just killed his chances of ever being elected.

We always elect people who pledge they’ll never do such things, then once in office, do them anyway, then blame others and make lame excuses.

We deserve all the lying politicians we get.

]]> By: Rekrul http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17270/comment-page-1#comment-833310 Rekrul Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:16:01 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17270#comment-833310 How do you tell when a politician is lying? His/her lips are moving... How do you tell when a politician is lying?

His/her lips are moving…

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