Got that? Republicans will shamelessly lie about a provision in an important bill. Confronted with reality, they'll still lie. And even if the provision disappears, they'll still tell the same lie.And where are the journalists with the professional stuffing to report the truth? A candid news report would read something like, "Republican congressional leaders continued to prevaricate and misconstrue the financial reform legislation today while Democratic leaders stood by, apparently helpless and confused about how to reply to the chronic lying."What's the point of even having a public discourse when the leadership of a political party treats the truth like a punch-line?
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Cynical Liars
Steven Benen today posted a short article about the pending Financial Reform Bill that deserves to be read. It's all about liars who lie even when one of their own people admits they are lying:
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If it's Tuesday the Republicans are lying. Oh wait, any other day works, too.
Cheating, lying, stealing. That's free market capitalism, right?
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