"Of course presidents lie"

[LincolnMan]

When I was a child, I often heard the story about George Washington and the cherry tree. He was a young man. He had been asked if he had cut down the tree. He is said to have replied that he "could not tell a lie"- he cut down the tree with his "little hatchet." We know, of course, that the incident never happened. But there is a reason for the story to have become embedded in our culture- to fix in the minds of people that lying is wrong. We teach children that lying is wrong. Of course, life is complicated. Sometimes lies must be told to save lives, for example. So do presidents lie? Yes. History will judge if the lying was/is justified. But when it is all said and done- lying should be the exception and not the rule- and when lies are made- they better be made for exception reasons- or honor will not be given and legacies will go down in the dust.