Let's stop funding George Santos' theatrical dishonesty - he's not even a good liar

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Let's stop funding George Santos' theatrical dishonesty – he's not even a good liar
On Cameo and podcasts, Santos proves that the road to obscurity cuts through the alley of temporary notoriety

By MELANIE MCFARLAND
Senior Critic
PUBLISHED DECEMBER 17, 2023 6:00AM (EST)


(Salon) America loves scammers, glamour and shamelessness. America also has a spot softer than a newborn’s fontanelle for shallow nonsense. So when we say we get the impulse to fork hundreds of dollars over to former New York Congressman George Santos so he’ll call your best friend a filthy hooker, we’re not endorsing that choice. It simply indicates we know what kind of market is out there.

So does Santos, a con artist extraordinaire facing a 23-count federal indictment for wire fraud, identity theft and other crimes, which each count linked to some crazy story. He isn’t above ripping off a disabled U.S. Navy veteran or writing bad checks to an Amish man, both over transactions related to dogs.

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Observing Santos’ flaming burn through his 15 minutes made me revisit philosopher Harry Frankfurt's 1986 essay “On Bulls**t.” He expanded into a book nearly two decades hence, but the original take does a fine job of breaking down what Santos is and why he’s ultimately doomed to disappear. In short, he’s not a skilled liar, made obvious by those charges piled on him. If he were, we’d be more concerned about Santos building a semi-respectable post-government career after this burst of notoriety passes.

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Santos’ rise to power is a symptom of that cancer, i.e. the vomit and diarrhea caused by the illness. The good news is that means he's flushable. ..............(snip)

https://www.salon.com/2023/12/17/george-santos-liar-fame-cameo/

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1. We never started.

The people who would need to read this don't read Salon.

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Last edited Sun Dec 17, 2023, 03:08 PM - Edit history (1)

Firstly, she did little for D-03 NY he voted maga every trip of the train. Now she can live her best life, be her true self, no holds barred. There's repubs who advocate trans women be executed, that's the party she belongs to, a party that hates her, so on many levels she needs therapy.

There's 'no way' she could survive House maga lackey, preacher of the House Moses mike, a cultist religious zealot, who interprets the Bible, his way; he's a severe Christian Nationalist bigot; as soon as this serious, over-the-top, foaming at the mouth, raving, ranting, raging rabid homphobe took the gavel; santos was cooked, on borrowed time.