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Old Codger

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38. Been going on long time

Mon Apr 30, 2012, 12:58 AM

Apr 2012

For years and years we have made a joke out of campaign promises and allowed candidates to say anything they chose and put it down as "campaign rhetoric" lies are called misstatements, I "misspoke" is their constant answer to anything they get called out on.I Misspoke is really "I lied" and you know it and I know it but we will all pretend that it was really a harmless mistake and forget about it, we have been dealing with campaign lies for a long time and doing nothing about it except a little chuckle and write it off. Hell, Washington state supreme court a few years back said that it was perfectly ok for pols to lie so what's new?

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Ever wonder when the GOP figured out they could lie right into Americans faces and get away with it? [View all] NNN0LHI Apr 2012 OP

When they saw that the media would not call them on it.... kentuck Apr 2012 #1

Yep. After they bought the media it was open season on reality. geckosfeet Apr 2012 #4

exactly..my first thought when i saw the headline of the post..nt xiamiam Apr 2012 #21

bingo! spanone Apr 2012 #34

This was my answer too. stillwaiting Apr 2012 #40

They started buying up the media right after nixons resignation madokie Apr 2012 #42

About a third of the population is stupid or religiously crazy or both CanonRay Apr 2012 #2

That is one scary post (because of its deep truth). Are there any coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #19

VOTE A STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC BALLOT and give yourself a chance. xtraxritical Apr 2012 #37

I'm not saying it cannot be overcome CanonRay Apr 2012 #43

Excellent post. However, Tennessee Gal Apr 2012 #3

I don't know. Even then the media reported the Watergate hearings. geckosfeet Apr 2012 #5

That is what I mean. Tennessee Gal Apr 2012 #6

Don't forget Vietnam Alcibiades Apr 2012 #18

Historical note: Karl Rove got his start as one of Donald Segretti's coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #20

No, not really, I was watching while it happened.. Fumesucker Apr 2012 #7

It was like witnessing a head on train wreck in slow motion NNN0LHI Apr 2012 #8

Been that way for over half my life now.. Fumesucker Apr 2012 #9

Awesome, learned a new word today ("oubliette"). Had no idea coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #22

They figured it out after the "Lone Gunman and No Shots from the Grassy Knoll" ThomThom Apr 2012 #10

Or a smoldering fire on the 80th floor, in steel frame building, can suddenly pancake it RC Apr 2012 #11

. patrice Apr 2012 #33

no stupidicus Apr 2012 #12

everyone should read the Walsh report UpInArms Apr 2012 #13

If you repeat a lie often enough...... Bosso 63 Apr 2012 #14

Yes that is their strategy but it also coordinated lying as well. DCBob Apr 2012 #15

It also requires false equivalence and misdirection. sofa king Apr 2012 #23

John Wayne asked Reagan to stop lying about the Panama Canal. shcrane71 Apr 2012 #16

In the late thirties, when American business was IN LOVE WITH the Nazis "efficiency and order" saras Apr 2012 #17

Bingo. The GOP today resembles nothing more than the 1920s-1030s Fascists of Italy, Spain, & Germany TahitiNut Apr 2012 #39

I thought of RayGun before I even opened up the OP. lpbk2713 Apr 2012 #24

This is all good stuff (the whole thread) ashling Apr 2012 #25

It's odd how from 1860-1920 or so they were the progressives Recursion Apr 2012 #26

The GOP has lied full time since the 1920's or so, at least..... Bluenorthwest Apr 2012 #27

I'm convinced the GOP strategists were watching Andy Kaufman ..... RagAss Apr 2012 #28

You're a fan of Marc Maron? n/t krispos42 Apr 2012 #35

No but I googled him and heard the Zmuda interview...Thanks !! RagAss May 2012 #44

I guess when they realized they served the same people as the media FightForChange Apr 2012 #29

Did not know faux was owned by arab Thinkingabout Apr 2012 #30

SAUDI Prince Alalweed bin Talal, 2nd largest block of News Corp stock, a.k.a. Fox News patrice Apr 2012 #32

The focus-grouping techniques that produced "Morning in America" are an application patrice Apr 2012 #31

How about when Ford pardoned Nixon? muntrv Apr 2012 #36

Been going on long time Old Codger Apr 2012 #38

Dad said... Hubert Flottz Apr 2012 #41