At least this one is 'honest' about the intentions!

Sound like similar reasoning to voting for Boris Johnson as mayor of London. In a culture of corruption, incompetence, and lies a bit of honesty is compelling.

I didn't take my acid pills this morning, and am, as a result, unable to understand a thing this story is about...

Could someone who is either on his/her way up or on his/her way down and therefore standing neatly on the cusp of reality (as viewed from both sides) please translate.

Q. How do you tell a politician is lying?

A. His lips move.

Why should this one be any different?

We've had this in Ireland for years, except we call them Fianna Fáil.

...if a politician says he's lying is that true or a lie? And if it's either, what then?

But the story itself seems sad. Looks like Croats have given up hope on their politicians ever becoming less corrupt.

is that a typo? If it is, then the whole thing kind of makes sense.

if any of them had just laughed and said yup, i milked it for all i could, it's part of the job. i would probably have a lot more respect for them than the ones who claimed it's all within the rules and that they didn't do anything wrong.