Besides all of the usual lying by the GOP, jason chaffetz lied about the abortion chart...

[ChisolmTrailDem]

This chart...


Cecille Richards: This is a slide that has never been shown to me before. I'm happy to look at it and...it absolutely does not reflect what is happening at Planned Parenthood.

Asshole chaffetz: You're going to deny what we took from your own report?

(Overtalking)

Cecille Richards: This slide has never been presented to me before. We've provided you all the information about everything...all the services that Planned Parenthood provides and I just feel like trying to get to the truth here; you just showed me this, I'm happy to look at it.

At this point, Richards' lawyer leans to her ear as chaffetz says...

Asshole chaffetz: I pulled those numbers directly out of the appropriate reports...

Cecille Richards: Oh...sorry...my lawyer's informing me that the source of this is actually Americans United for Life which is an anti-abortion group. So, I would check your source.

To which the only response was chaffetz facial expression which can be likened to a kid getting caught in a big lie.

61% of Americans polled oppose de-funding Planned Parenthood, according to a Wapo/NBC News poll.

chaffetz claimed he is the one that created the chart based on "appropriate reports". LIAR!

Then CNN's Carol Costello, along with CNN commetator Marc Lamont Hill, proceeded to take Sippy Cupp's lame spiel in defense of this craziness apart.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. There's a really good rebuttal diary of that chart over on Daily Kos by Brainwrap.

When taken to scale, over the timeframe of the original chart, non-abortion services over the entire timeframe are wayyyyy up above abortions provided. The lines come nowhere near to crossing, and the rates of change are far less pronounced.