From Forward Kentucky: Trump: the Great Prevaricator and Panjandrum of Porky Pies
Berry Craig
EDITOR'S NOTE: See also, "Trump has entered the lying stratosphere, says Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist," by Huffington Post's Mary Papenfuss.
By BERRY CRAIG
President Donald Trump reminds veteran Bluegrass State journalist Bill Straub of an old Kentucky expression.
He’d rather climb up a tree and tell a lie,
than stand on the ground and tell the truth.– Old Kentucky proverb
Straub ran The Kentucky Post’s Frankfort bureau before becoming Washington correspondent for the Kentucky and Cincinnati Posts. He retired as White House and political correspondent for Scripps-Howard News Service.
Trump: the Great Prevaricator
“I’ve never seen a politician who lies so brazenly [as Trump],” said Straub, who’s in the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.