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dtotire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-13-12 03:34 PM
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Untruths, Wholly Untrue, And Nothing But Untruths Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman - New York Times Blog
January 13, 2012, 9:00 am
Untruths, Wholly Untrue, And Nothing But Untruths

I was deeply radicalized by the 2000 election. At first I couldn’t believe that then-candidate George W. Bush was saying so many clearly, provably false things; then I couldn’t believe that nobody in the news media was willing to point out the lies. (At the time, the Times actually told me that I couldn’t use the l-word either). That was when I formulated my “views differ on shape of planet” motto.

Now, however, Mitt Romney seems determined to rehabilitate Bush’s reputation, by running a campaign so dishonest that it makes Bush look like a model of truth-telling.

I mean, is there anything at all in Romney’s stump speech that’s true? It’s all based on attacking Obama for apologizing for America, which he didn’t, on making deep cuts in defense, which he also didn’t, and on being a radical redistributionist who wants equality of outcomes, which he isn’t. When the issue turns to jobs, Romney makes false assertions both about Obama’s record and about his own. I can’t find a single true assertion anywhere.

And he keeps finding new frontiers of falsehood. The good people at CBPP find him asserting, with regard to programs aiding low-income Americans, that

What unfortunately happens is with all the multiplicity of federal programs, you have massive overhead, with government bureaucrats in Washington administering all these programs, very little of the money that’s actually needed by those that really need help, those that can’t care for themselves, actually reaches them.

which is utterly, totally untrue. Administrative costs are actually quite small, and between 91 and 99 percent of spending, depending on the program, does in fact go to beneficiaries.

At this rate, Romney will soon start lying about his own name. Oh, wait
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-13-12 04:15 PM
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1. The NYT would not let Krugman say Bush lied? So much for the most liberal of the "liberal" media.
I wonder if Krugman sees himself as telling the truth, the WHOLE truth and nothing but the truth?
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