When I was a kid, there was nothing I liked better than reading tall tales.
Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack, and Babe, his Blue Ox, gave me hours of enjoyment.
The big guy must be bursting with joy upon knowing that his great-great-grandson, George Santos, has entered Congress.
Among the dozens of new people who took their oath last week, Santos stands alone in his audacity for blatantly lying about his background to such a degree that somewhere, P.T. Barnum is weeping with envy.
During his campaign, Santos lied about his schooling, his professional life, his ethnicity, even his dead mother.
More George Santos:He admits to lying about his education. How easy is it to lie on your resume?
He tried to spin his false claim of being Jewish like, well, a driedel, explaining that he didn't mean "Jewish," he meant "Jew-ish."
What a crock of ish. Either way, it's an insult.
He shamelessly, needlessly claimed he was a grandchild of Holocaust victims, and implied that his mom lost her life during the Sept. 11 attacks, when she actually died in 2016.
Someone wisecracked that Santos' family came over from Brazil on the Hindenburg.
Well, we all know better than that.
It was the Mayflower.
However, no one should question Santos' patriotism.
It's not everyone who would risk their lives to save Private Ryan.
George Washington, George Santos, tomato, tomahto.
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