tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post5684774286696987520..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Catch of the DayJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-45070990746661077822011-04-25T18:50:35.462-05:002011-04-25T18:50:35.462-05:00Maybe there's one in-between measure. How man...Maybe there's one in-between measure. How many Republicans are comfortable making the categorical statement that, "47% of Americans don't pay taxes" which, while some might give the stater room, is false. If a large fraction are its hard to believe that they are so far from making that work in their story line even if untruthful. Mystified at this being "conservative" somehow but oh well. <br /><br />I have to believe that the statements that cutting taxes doesn't raise the deficit, that very few members of that party are comfortable admitting the ramifications of global warming, or that the consumer is almost always in concert with "business interests".Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16818950100128912685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-66313952523982081472011-04-25T13:21:08.562-05:002011-04-25T13:21:08.562-05:00But long term, it's awful dangerous to go arou...<i>But long term, it's awful dangerous to go around believing things that are not true.</i><br /><br />Nah. Not if a majority of the electorate believes in the same non-truths.<br /><br />Think of the worst possible consequences of GOP reality-denial as the party in power: terrorist attacks, war defeats, national default, mass unemployment, economic depression.... All of these things - <i>all of them</i> - can simply be blamed on Democrats. So as long as Rush/Fox continue to tow the line and 50% of the country believes them, there are no negative consequences to believing untrue things.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15913245096162048743noreply@blogger.com