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22. Maybe an emergency broadcast system message might get through how about this breaking into FOX news

Sun Aug 19, 2012, 04:52 PM

Aug 2012

"This is a test of the emergency broadcast system. Your local broadcaster in cooperation with federal authorities have developed this test to keep you informed in the event that you're being lied to. This is a test. This is only a test."

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“Voters can no longer believe anything they say” (NYTimes on Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan) [View all] bigtree Aug 2012 OP

k&r... spanone Aug 2012 #1

IMO Romney-Ryan have "jumped the shark" with their false attack on made-up Obama "Medicare cuts" ProgressiveEconomist Aug 2012 #2

Agreed. nt avebury Aug 2012 #3

Hoping you are right about that flamingdem Aug 2012 #7

This is a test. hay rick Aug 2012 #12

Maybe an emergency broadcast system message might get through how about this breaking into FOX news nightscanner59 Aug 2012 #22

You are correct. But it really won't matter to millions of people who see lying as a GOP virtue. n nanabugg Aug 2012 #4

My Republican parents definitely don't see lying as a virtue. tridim Aug 2012 #30

Lying. hay rick Aug 2012 #35

CORRECT Skittles Aug 2012 #42

Posted link to my facebook. Thanks. lamp_shade Aug 2012 #5

Lying is the first plank in the platform of republicans. part man all 86 Aug 2012 #6

Kick and Rec. emulatorloo Aug 2012 #8

That's right, FatIrishBastard Aug 2012 #47

Romney-Ryan 2012: Lies we can't believe in cleduc Aug 2012 #9

The Question Of '12...Can The Big Lie Work? KharmaTrain Aug 2012 #10

This is something to spread that isn't a lie. WHEN CRABS ROAR Aug 2012 #28

K&R tallahasseedem Aug 2012 #11

Good article....one of the comments on the article lead me to looking up this book riverbendviewgal Aug 2012 #13

Political Gullibility bucolic_frolic Aug 2012 #14

I agree that we need to get to work.... Grammy23 Aug 2012 #15

But what good does that do? ann--- Aug 2012 #27

No their base is NOT guaranteed to vote for Rmoney/ryan. fasttense Aug 2012 #45

Another 15-second ad... kentuck Aug 2012 #16

That is a great line... Lucy Goosey Aug 2012 #25

K&R K Gardner Aug 2012 #17

That's easy Third Doctor Aug 2012 #18

someone finally said it. Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #19

K & R AzDar Aug 2012 #20

Wow. Between this NYT story & what people are posting about CNN, Jackpine Radical Aug 2012 #21

Someone at the Gray Lady seems to have had enough, hifiguy Aug 2012 #23

Unbelievable BrainMann1 Aug 2012 #24

My hat is off to NYTimes for speaking the plain truth 99th_Monkey Aug 2012 #40

Fools like this with all of their damn lies and shenanigans are only serving the purpose of RKP5637 Aug 2012 #26

What I find surreal is they're doing it so matter-of-factly in broad daylight. AtomicKitten Aug 2012 #29

How to tell it they're lying (?) ... their mouths are moving. nt Raine Aug 2012 #31

Both Medicare and the ACA depend on Federal Income taxes for funding. dkf Aug 2012 #32

More Dog Whistle Politics From Romney DallasNE Aug 2012 #33

Good catch, Dallas King_Klonopin Aug 2012 #43

And they can't even charter a Boeing aircraft! SoapBox Aug 2012 #34

Just today I was near a tv with the local news reporting about a Ryan campaign stop. pacalo Aug 2012 #36

Typical Republican stratagy - Throw shit and some of it sticks... Yooperman Aug 2012 #37

Kick kentuck Aug 2012 #38

Cannot believe a damn thing the Republicans say... Berlum Aug 2012 #39

It was their plan all along to just lie their asses off and keep lying until election day. Major Hogwash Aug 2012 #41

On lies, and lying liars... King_Klonopin Aug 2012 #44

Lying for the Lord - it was expected from Bishop Romney WestSeattle2 Aug 2012 #46