"Let me be honest..."

I would like to give some advise to my politician friends. Many council-members say,"let me honest" when speaking during meetings. By saying "let me honest" they are basically saying everything prior to that wasn't honest.

Used car salesman say, "Let me be honest." therefore you may want to eliminate that phrase from your vocabulary if you want the public to believe you.

After-all I am being totally honest with you!

Let be honest ran as an opinion article in the Kauai Garden Island news on 10-22-11
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_df47f7ba-fc83-11e0-aab8-001cc4c03286.html