In the movie classic, “All About Eve,” George Sanders as the snob theater critic rakes scheming young actress Anne Baxter over the lies she told about her hard-knocks background.
The one where she claims being at a Shubert Theater in San Francisco was a lie too far. That theater never existed, Sanders roars: “That was a stupid lie. Easy to expose. It was unworthy of you.”
George Santos, who flipped a Democratic seat on Long Island, is an even-less talented liar.
He got away with it thanks to trusting voters, the sleeping media and a comatose Democratic opposition. He was further helped by Republican insiders who knew it all and considered his resume “a running joke,” but, according to The New York Post, kept quiet about it.
Thus, Santos’ success was not so much a reflection of his mastery of deceit as of a credulous electorate made even easier marks by lazy political professionals.
His response when found out was a whined “I’m sorry.”
Santos did not choose his lies wisely. Did he have to lie about working at both Goldman Sachs and Citigroup? Did he have to lie about attending both New York University and Baruch College? “Poor choice of words,” was his explanation.
His lies seem to come in twos whereas getting caught in one lie might have been dismissed as a rough patch.
After all, he was vying to enter a caucus in which 139 House…
