Oh I agree that truth and honesty is the way to go. It's just that the left has a way of dealing with that. Somehow they're able to turn the truth on it's head to make the person who said it look like they're lying or being a racist or hating women, etc. etc. etc. They are able to get away with it, because the media helps them.
They also ask the Republicans questions like, "when did you stop beating your wife"? When R's try to defend that, they are made to look stupid and half the people who hear it believe it.