R.I.P. Republican credibility: Why their latest blatant lies show they’ve given up

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R.I.P. Republican credibility: Why their latest blatant lies show they’ve given up

by Brad Friedman at Salon

http://www.salon.com/2014/02/06/r_i_p_republican_credibility_why_their_latest_blatant_lies_show_theyve_given_up/

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We’ve long argued that the Republican Party is no longer a legitimate governing party. Never mind whether we agree with them on any particular policy issue, they are simply no longer a serious organization.

That fact was underscored again this week and over the weekend, in light of the release of two different official reports, one from the U.S. State Department on the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline project and another from the Congressional Budget Office on the economic outlook in light of the Affordable Care Act.

Never mind whether you agree with the Republican position on either of those two policies. The fact that the party feels it necessary to blatantly lie about what’s in each of those reports, specifically with regard to “job creation,” in order to advocate for their own policy positions, underscores yet again that these are simply not serious people are worth being taken seriously anymore …

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The Republican Party has given up on advocating seriously for whatever policy positions they believe in. They are far past that, and have now simply taken to lying in hopes of scamming Americans into voting for them and buying into their policies.





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[Th1onein]

1. They're pitiful, aren't they?

[sendero]

2. I don't see this as anything new..

... they've been making shit up for a long time. Perhaps this is just a little more brazen, you know, where the nugget of truth is just not there at all rather than infinitesimally small.

[randome]

12. I think what's new is that they lie then reverse themselves so much now.

As in trying to tie both Keystone and the jobs report to the debit limit and then saying, 'Well, maybe not.'

They're floundering even more than those heady Palin days.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Rules are made to be broken. Including this one.[/center][/font][hr]

[DrDan]

3. strategy seems to be working - the poll I saw this morning has them picking up 5-6 senate seats

[2pooped2pop]

4. he who controls the media, controls the people, I think n/t

[DrDan]

7. I guess we could all go through life with our heads buried in the sand . . .

[2pooped2pop]

8. ?

U saying that because I think faux news lies, which are controlled by right wing mother fuckers, is controlling the sheeple, that I have my head buried in the sand? People believe what they hear on tv and when it is full of lies, lies is what they believe.

I don't watch faux news.

[DrDan]

13. you didn't mention fox

and the projection I saw was from the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/06/how-republicans-can-win-the-senate-in-2014/

It was identified as a "poll" when I heard it this morning, but that is probably not a correct label - more of a projection from their forecasting model.

I agree with you about what fox puts out - but would not extend it to all of the media.

[Bandit]

5. "and have now simply taken to lying"

Did Rip Van Winkle write this article. Was there ever a time Republicans did not distort and LIE?

[Fumesucker]

6. Salon is trolling for clicks again I see..

Does no one remember "I am not a crook."?

How about "Morning in America"?

"Read my lips, no new taxes."?

"I'm a compassionate conservative"?

"I knew nothing of the bridge lane closings"?

[tblue37]

16. Not to mention all the phony "scandals.". nt

[politicaljunkie41910]

9. Only 35 permanent jobs created in the U.S. Wow, that's worse than the article

that I read last year where they had projected only 6000 jobs.

"... After it’s built, however, either one or two years later, according to the very next section of the Executive Summary titled “Economic Activity During Operations,” the report states quite clearly [emphasis added]:

Once the proposed Project enters service, operations would require approximately 50 total employees in the United States: 35 permanent employees and 15 temporary contractors.

That’s it. The Keystone XL Pipeline will offer 35 permanent jobs in the U.S. for the life of the pipeline, according to the U.S. State Department’s final analysis. ..."

[freshwest]

14. Those 35 jobs are the ones PBO cited saying it's of no benefit to the USA. RW voters disagree. n/t

[Berlum]

10. The Bible warns sternly about deliberate lying & deception

Why do Republicons HATE the Bible?

[cali]

11. how is that giving up?

they haven't given up. they intend to win the Senate, keep the House and dismantle the social safety net even more.

fuck. sometimes I really wonder.

[TheKentuckian]

18. It isn't. They are just doing what they always do.

[lpbk2713]

15. The GOP

Greedy Obstructionist Prevaricators

Don't hold your breath expecting them
to change because they never will.

[LiberalElite]

17. And the point is?

low info voters keep voting for this zombie party. I hope to live long enough to finally see it DIE.