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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 06:09 PM
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Most annoying political myths of all time--LIST YOURS
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Edited on Sat May-12-07 06:10 PM by Adenoid_Hynkel
1. Clinton only won in 1992 because of Perot
--not true, before Perot re-entered the race that fall, Clinton was beating Bush by an even wider margin. All Perot did was tighten the race up by drawing from both candidates. This meme was created to paint Clinton as an illegitimate president. It stuns me how often even people on the Democratic side repeat this one.

2. The Dems didn't let Gov. Casey speak at the 1992 convention because he was anti-choice.
--Not true. One of the most often repeated, but Casey was barred because he wouldn't endorse the ticket.

3.The Wellstone "fune-rally"
--do we even need to go into this one?

4. Air America pays stations to carry it's programming.
--Not true. Often repeated by O'Reilly, which is odd considering he had to pay stations to launch his radio show. I write about media criticism and it's amazing how many rightwingers throw this one at me.

5. Nader is a secret Republican
---This one is just fucking stupid.

6. Liberals want "activist judges"
--When it's conservatives who have created thinktanks like the Federalist Society for the sole purpose of getting their agenda through the Supreme Court

What are some of the ones that annoy you the most?



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