Following up on "
antithesis", today's object lesson comes in the form of "
mendacity".
"As I deliberate and I listen to the gentleman from Tennessee, I have to make the point that when you challenge the mendacity of the leader or another member, there is an opportunity to rise to a point of order, there is an opportunity to make a motion to take the gentleman's words down, however many of the members are off on other endeavors and I would make the point that the leader and the speaker have established their integrity and their mendacity for years in this Congress and I don't believe it can be effectively challenged and those who do so actually cast aspersions on themselves by making wild accusations," [Rep. John] King said.
(Would it have been appropriate for Rep. Joe Wilson to stand up, point at King and yell, "You lie"?)
