There is a scene in an old movie that is a perfect mataphor for much of modern politics.  The 1967 movie, “A Guide for the Married Man” , is a series of vignettes illustrating how a man can cheat on his wife without getting caught.  An important part of the story, of course, is how to lie effectively.  In the classic scene, Joey Bishop is in bed with another woman when his wife walks into the bedroom.  Watch the technic here…

You lie calmly and comfortably.  You lie with great self-assurance.  You deny reality.  Deny, deny, deny.

Sound familiar?  Do you know anyone whose name starts with O who is an absolute master of this technic?

I think of this scene quite often, in its political context, and assumed I was the only one who did.  I was wrong.  Dorothy Rabinowitz referenced the scene in her Sunday column in the Wall Street Journal.  Read it here.