quarters, 12 minutes in each quarter, you can t tackle anyone because that s called a foul. if we can t agree on that, then the game can t be played. that s what worries me. sure it hasn t hurt him yet. that doesn t mean it s not detrimental in the medium to long term for democracy because i think it is. brian pruitt told fox news he didn t know about the pay raises. today he seemed to contradict himself. does pruitt s changing story even matter to this administration? no, because the tone is set at the top. when you have a president that lies about small things and lies about big things and lies about things that are right in front of his face and lies about pretty much anything he thinks he can get away with, that tone is set at the top and we see the effect it has. it filters down through the press secretary sean spicer on the first day who sets the tone for the administration by lying