Why Do They Lie? 0
WMDs. Trickle-down economics. Birtherism. And so on.
Why? Because “Making the rich richer and the poor poorer” is probably not a vote-getter.
John H. Richardson theorizes:
I have two theories about this. One is that the conservative intelligentsia is deliberately training the Republican base to be irrational. I can almost see them chortling: “If we can get them to believe the earth is only 6,000 years old, we can get them to believe anything!”
But while this theory provides a little consolation, I don’t actually think it’s true. Far more likely is theory No. 2 — that Republicans have lost all confidence in their ability to convince the American people with honest arguments. Their triumphalism about November conceals a stink of desperation.
Read the whole thing. His email exchange with celebrated fabricator Dinesh D’Souza is worth the price of admission by itself.
Via Balloon Juice.
