When did we go from teaching kids to tell the truth to worshipping a serial liar? No later than Bush & Cheney, of that I'm sure.
Remember the old story about Washington and the cherry tree? He wasn't the last cause we nicknamed Lincoln "Honest Abe." When did things really go off the rails?
I used to get Xmas cards from the White House while I was in the Peace Corps and Nixon was President. I wish I'd saved them but instead I ripped them to shreds. I returned to the USA in time to watch the Watergate hearings on TV. Riveting!