Republican Lies category archive
Hey! Rubio! 0
Yet another Republican steps into the quicksand legacy of President George the Worst’s Great and Glorious Patriotic War for a Lie in Iraq.
Lies, if and once they come to light, do have a way of coming back to bite their adherents in the nether regions, do they not?
Let the biting continue.
“Just the Facts, Ma’am” 1
Leonard Pitts, Jr., tries to figure out when a fact becomes a non-fact. A snippet:
Actually, it is not a fact, but let that slide. We’re not here to renew the tired debate over Barack Obama’s religion. No, we’re only here to lament that so many of us seem to know “facts” that aren’t and that one party — guess which — has cynically nurtured, used and manipulated this ignorance for political gain.
Foxy Shady 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., thinks Fox News’s decision, not only to countenance, but to support Bill O’Reilly as more persons publicize his perfidy says a lot about Fox News. A snippet (emphasis added):
This rather neatly makes the point I sought to make a month ago. Namely, that Fox – the window-dressing presence of a few bona fide reporters notwithstanding – is not a real news-gathering organization but, rather, the propaganda arm of an extreme right wing that grows ever more cult-like and detached from reality as time goes by. Fox is a belief system, not a news network. Exhibit A is the fact that O’Reilly is not now fighting for his professional life.
To anticipate what his believers will say in his defense: Yes, he is a pundit and yes, pundits are entitled to their opinions. But that does not release them from the obligation to be factual.
Q. Who Can’t Handle the Truth? 0
A. Republicans.
The War on History 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear analyzes Republican attempts to ban factual history in Oklahoma and other places. A snippet (emphasis added):
There is a very powerful segment of society that relies on the masses being ignorant of a broader, more historical perspective on the present.
Do read the rest.
In Pursuit of Ignorance 0
The start of Bob Cesca’s headline pretty much sums it up:
Republicans in Oklahoma Seek to Replace History Classes with GOP Speeches . . . .
The why is simple. Republicanism is counter-factual, so Republicans fear encountering facts.
Details at the link.
Signs of the Times 0
Steven M. savages wingnuts’ compulsion to hurl feces at those with whom they differ.
