A recent rumour on the Internet said that Jesus used to smoke weed. Those who strongly believe that we should legalize marijuana should try to spread this rumour to gain a few percent of Jesus loving voters that voted against Prop. 19 in California. What is wrong with that morally? If you sincerely believe that legalizing marijuana is good for the country but just 5% of people are blocking the reform then there is nothing wrong in spreading this rumour. Or is it? As it is, no one really believes that Marijuana is good for Glaucoma, or for pain, and for so many other ailments that people claim, but we all ignore these lies because it achieves what is right.
If freedom is about getting what you want but the power to do what is right is with people who are clearly wrong then it becomes necessary to use lies to convince them to vote for your cause. What is wrong with fooling "bad" people who are against a noble cause?
Many Ayurvedic doctors in India mix herbs with well known miraculous drugs like Aspirin and the antibiotics for those who only want to be treated with natural herbs. After all curing people is a good cause and profitable one too!
Thomas Jefferson once said that when the poor figure out they can loot the Treasury if they elect the right politicians, America is done. Fortunately, America has sold the American dream to the masses by giving anecdotal evidence of ordinary people who have made it big. Americans really believe that "anyone can do anything if only they work hard". So the taxes on the rich can be kept low because that would be punishing success.
Without the lies the 1% rich cannot convince the other 99% to give them what they want.
In politics lies are a necessary evil.
