The only consolation is that occasionally they do provide some comic relief. Often it comes from someone else turning their own words against them like when Hillary lied about flying into Bosnia under fire, and having to run into the building because of snipers. This outfit made a video to show she was telling the truth. Then there is the congressman or senator (whichever) who was talking to a general in a public hearing expressing his concern to the general that if we placed any more troops on the island of Guam we might cause it to capsize causing unimaginable horror.