PHOENIX—Politicians lie. Brokers drink. Bond traders cuss. And journalists do all three.
It's OK. Or, as my best Republican friend tells me after he relates the scorpion and the frog story one more time, "It's in my nature."
But when Paul Ryan lies about his running record, a dramatic 20 percent time difference, the president fudges the number of jobs created under his administration—by millions when you sift through the fine print—or Mitt Romney lies by omission by sitting on his tax returns, sure, it's expected but no less insulting to the average voter.
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