2007-09-08 14:50:40 · 13 answers · asked by eldude 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
On one hand I think it would be funny, on the other I think it would remind me of how sad it is being governed by people that cannot tell the truth.
2007-09-08 14:53:12 · update #1
id just like to see a true debate instead of the organized press conferences we have seen the last 20 years
2007-09-08 15:15:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It certainly would be interesting. I'm of the opinion that a good President actually does have to be an expert liar. In the broad definition of lying, every leader has to do some, and it's best if they do it well. Regan and Clinton, we excellent liars. Carter, a terrible liar. Nixon was a big liar, but a little too nervous and guilt ridden about it. I think Kennedy was a special liar. Johnson, couldn't even run for a second term because the lies he needed to tell were too big. Bush got caught in a big lie, but he had a lot of help in spinning it into a patriotic act, so he recovered. When you bring the troops in to cover the lie, then we're all committed. It's kind of like going "all in" in a poker game (a game of lies).
2016-05-19 23:32:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Polygraph tests are unconstitutional because even innocent people can get extra nervous and therefore make the polygraph work even harder.But I got to admit, it would be funny to watch the presidential debates with a lie detector going,which in turn means the debates wouldn't exist otherwise.
2007-09-08 14:58:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hot damn! Eldude ya hit a winner here Big Daddy! Problem is no one would dare run/stand for office! Ron paul would probably be the least humiliated but he's human also! The rest would have the red light & alarm going off consistently, Hillary's would blind & deafen any one with in a city block!!! This would be more humiliating for them than having to play with themselves for the viewers on the international air waves! This is the MOST original question ever posted in our "blood & guts(political)" section of Y/A! You got more questions this good put em to us! If I could vote for best question ever, this would be it at a five star rateing with praise!!!
2007-09-08 15:18:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to see them polygraphed tested while they're filling out their tax returns, instead.
Chance for them to learn how the other half lives.
2007-09-08 15:44:57 · answer #5 · answered by Boomer Wisdom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most Original Question? Hardly. That joke is as old as lie detectors themselves.
As for Ron Paul, the most excitable of all the candidates, his own readings would be the least reliable of all.
2007-09-08 15:57:59 · answer #6 · answered by Paper Mage 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes i would like to hear the truth, it would cut down on air time with their back paddling and excuses. same should go for all government officials that hold power over others from cities to country.
2014-01-08 14:00:53 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psychopaths like Bush always are able to beat a lie detector!
The lie detector doesn't detect lies, it detects physiological changes which mean little!
They do have a one on using a brain scan that they say is better, however those are way more the $1,000 a pop!
I would like to get them to swear under oath, but Bush proved that means nothing as well!
2007-09-08 14:58:33 · answer #8 · answered by cantcu 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
It wouldn't prove anything. Polygraphs are a psuedo-science.
2007-09-08 14:57:05 · answer #9 · answered by Glen B 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
oh man that would be so cool.
Better yet inject them with a truth serum first.
2007-09-08 18:52:54 · answer #10 · answered by froghugger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋