Maybe it is our naive thought that we want our readers to be fully honest with us. But same for me, I can not stand it when politicians lie..its giving a wrong signal to our population that its okay to do something and get away with it.
I do believe however that some political games should not be in the public. Thats why these people respresent our country and why we chose them. Because we should 'blindly be able to trust them'
I think you hit the nail on the head. When they lie, they give a wrong message to the people and that's really sad. "If they do it, we can do it too"! It requires a high moral standard to remain honest even if your leaders lie.