Comment by 000ooo000
>nothing about the post suggested that.
>[they] are good at spinning answers to make everyone hear what they wanted to hear.
To me that definitely reads like the original comment was alluding to an ability to bend the truth or frame things in an advantageous way, which is essentially lying's brother, manipulation.
Besides, politicians have earned their reputation a hundred times over. Good luck convincing anyone that it's unfair to suggest politicians are liars.