A Lie is a Lie, not Embellish or Misspoke

Banter, teasing, and more mockery! What on earth is going on with the main-stream media? Of course I reference a very simply, matter of fact fabrication as told by a human being that has been called everything from 'embellishing' to 'misspoke.'

And do you know what! BOLDERDASH! With children we call it lying, no candy-coating, lying.

First things first, let's get together here and work out some suitable definitions, okay? First up; embellishment is the act of making beautiful, adorning, or adding fanciful details that don't exist. Second, lying is the act is being untruthful.

And in the interest of not confusing this verbiage, please be advised that a liar is a person who tells false statements deliberately presented as being true; in addition, the act of lying is the act of presenting something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression.

Therefore, can we please dispense with the pleasantries such as 'misspoke' or 'embellished' a story?

People we are talking about a person who not only inhabited our White House for eight years, we are also addressing the conduct of a person who seeks to become our nation's president. And if this is the kind of rhetoric we are getting at this point in that election process, why should anyone who openly lies even continue?

We've got a husband who lied. 'Did you have sex with that woman'? No I did not have sex with that woman. 'When we landed there was sniper fire; we had to take the ceremony inside; there I was with my head down and covered running to get inside.'

For the record was there any sniper fire? No and as such one cannot embellish upon on an event that never occurred; seriously, one cannot dress up or elaborate on something that just did not happen. So what's up with the I misspoke?

I believe she's trying to say, 'I misstated'; which according to the dictionary is the act of stating something wrongly or falsely or in other words, I lied.

I don't condone lying whatsoever. In every class I've taught we've discussed the importance of telling the truth. Moreover, if one has lied, then come clean immediately. First the penalty is less severe and second one gets off the hook sooner, right?

As per Mrs. Clinton: "Well, occasionally I am a human being like everybody else. I've written about it in my book. I talked about it on many other occasions and last week for the first time in 12 or so years I misspoke." No, no, and no, this does not make it all right or over.

Yes…but this was within weeks ago?