Trust is arguably the most important thing for politicians to gain from the voters. But the problem with this, as the Huffington Post article points out, is that people somewhat want to be lied to. More than that, we want to hear something that satisfies what we believe in and that justifies our own opinions. If our chosen candidate lies and says something we know could easily be untrue, we want to believe them. We blindly turn the other way because they are less of a liar than the other candidate. The reason that so many politicians walk this carefully crafted line between deception and truth-telling is because it’s easy. They can say what they know will gain votes and followers and when they get called out on their lie, which they most often do, they can say it wasn’t a full lie and make excuses that help the public forget about their indiscretions. Or they can be even more deceptive and resort to pointing the finger at their opponent as a distraction tacit. Deception is not a necessary tactic for politicians to use but it has become so common place and unregulated that people only find themselves angry for a small amount of time before they turn their anger to another source. The Lie Or Lose article touches on that topic when the author says, “Should we be disappointed? Yes. Should we be angry? Of course. Should we be surprised? No.” about lying. It is so common that we witness it right in front of our eyes and yet we have less shock each time. The lying isn’t necessary, but when the politician can get away with it with few consequences other than some childish name calling from the opposing side, why not lie?