I do not understand how Republicans can lie and get away

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30. the GOPers "create their own realities" and act on them

then, while the rest of us are catching up and figuring out where they went off the rails, they've gone on to do something else, create another "reality" and act on it.

this is straight from Karl Rove's mouth.

then, as part of helping the rest of us catch up, the M$M will "teach the controversy", because as we all know there are at least two sides to everything, and no one's opinion is so counterfactual that it can be honorably ignored. as long as that person is rich and/or famous.

Republicans and conservatives in general are authoritarians. most of them are authoritarian followers, who form their worldviews with complete faith in the infallibility of the various authoritarian leaders they follow. if that leader lies (PP video), especially if it's within bounds of their established basic worldview (abortion is murder, mkay?), then that lie is pointing at a Greater Truth, and additionally may be for strategic effect and will help in the long term, as the politician continues on to create more "realities".

the Republican electoral strategy is to get the "reality" creation engines revved into high gear as soon as possible while state governments under their control remove as many minorities as possible from the voting process. if Fiorina is "surging" it's because the base has increased confidence that she has mastered this important technique.