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Yallow

(1,926 posts)
Sun Sep 18, 2016, 10:23 AM Sep 2016

Lie, Lie, Lie, Lie, Lie, and Lie Some More - Today's Grand Old Party

The Republicans have been laying it on pretty thick for a number of years, but their constant lying is getting out of control. The press appears to finally be refuting 10% of the lies on the fly, but there is never enough time to actually "correct the record" on anything after a Republican speaks, because they lie so much.

CNN and MSNBC needs to change their format when interviewing Republicans.

They need to give the hosts equal time to point out all the lies after a Republican speaks in an interview.

When it comes to the panels, they need to let the "Clinton Supporters" say their piece, and then let the "Trump Supporters" tell their lies. Then they need to let the Clinton people refute the lies with extra time. The whole interview is spent pushing back against Republican lies, and there is no time to actually talk about real issues, or anything else of substance.

Burying the American People with lies has been the Republican strategy for years, but the pile of bs is stinking up our whole country so bad it is almost unbearable at this point.

EQUAL TIME TO REFUTE THE CONSTANT LIES!

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Lie, Lie, Lie, Lie, Lie, and Lie Some More - Today's Grand Old Party (Original Post) Yallow Sep 2016 OP
GOP -Gaggle of Prevaricators LibinMo Sep 2016 #1
How about just calling out their lies ooky Sep 2016 #2

ooky

(11,056 posts)
2. How about just calling out their lies
Sun Sep 18, 2016, 11:03 AM
Sep 2016

instead of letting them go, or worse, giving them merit, like Chuck Todd did on MTP today by repeating (twice) "two wrongs don't make a right" when answering Trump surrogates false spin that the 2008 Clinton campaign "started" the birther movement?

Get rid of clowns like Todd and put Joy Reid on MTP and let that be the model for how to deal with lying surrogates.

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