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In reply to the discussion: WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO DO WHAT RACHEL JUST DID? She called a liar a liar. [View all]Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)48. The Right has been calling us liars for decades. For some reason, Democrats rarely
hit back. Democratic politicians, that is. I don't think any of them called Bush a liar. I could be wrong, but the fact that I have to think hard about this is an indication of the cowardice on the Left.
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WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO DO WHAT RACHEL JUST DID? She called a liar a liar. [View all]
kpete
Mar 2012
OP
Exactly. The lack of clear language is what is enraging me when I listen to some of the so called
bluestate10
Mar 2012
#68
Oh, my. You cannot differentiate when someone is flat-out telling an outright lie.
Ikonoklast
Mar 2012
#58
A position change because of thinking change etc is not the same as saying something false
uponit7771
Mar 2012
#43
He also has a faint smile when he lies. He deserves the title "liar candidate".
gordianot
Mar 2012
#6
Anarchists are usually lumped together on the left but they are really not the left-wing.
fasttense
Mar 2012
#84
yep, it seems that some politicians in the repug party have a real problem with fabricating
newspeak
Mar 2012
#22
I hate to keep going back to this thread but when the shoe fits so comfortably.
Uncle Joe
Mar 2012
#23
The People of the Lie is one of my favorite books. I think that is one of the key things that
demgrrrll
Mar 2012
#55
Most people have no idea as to what Psychopaths and Sociopaths act, look or sound like...
Larry Ogg
Mar 2012
#47
Accountability to the law is the only thing that will control a psychopath or sociopath.
fasttense
Mar 2012
#85
It's one of the main reasons I could support a 100% 'tax' on estates over $5m.
TahitiNut
Mar 2012
#87
That was an award-winng piece by Rachel last night. I was fist-pumping and cheering!
bullwinkle428
Mar 2012
#18
As a fellow born & raised adjacent to Mittens both geographically and temporally,
TahitiNut
Mar 2012
#19
Because the MSM have no idea what journalism is. Rachel does. She practices it daily.
LuckyLib
Mar 2012
#30
The Right has been calling us liars for decades. For some reason, Democrats rarely
Liberal_Stalwart71
Mar 2012
#48
because they have 1000 radio stations acting as a giant PC cop and censor-by-threat and the left
certainot
Mar 2012
#70
I doubt "the real Mitt Romney" has ever met "the real Mitt Romney" - he is a phoney through and
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2012
#107