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MrScorpio

(73,772 posts) Thu Mar 24, 2016, 08:24 AM Mar 2016

I just stumbled on Politifact... [View all]

And I noticed how many of The Donald's statements were outright lies, including a great many Pants On Fire. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/

And to my amazement, this truth deficient carnival barker is way ahead in the GOPer primary.

I can only take from this that right wing Republican voters are people who crave being lied to. Just tell them one RWNJ falsehood after another and they'll eat them right up. It's pure madness.

Ahhh, such is the echo chamber in the Conservative Bubble... Facts are not allowed.

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I just stumbled on Politifact... [View all] MrScorpio Mar 2016 OP

Mob mentality Roland99 Mar 2016 #1

Republicans disdain truth AxionExcel Mar 2016 #2

Truth is Soros-funded nxylas Mar 2016 #5

Republican voters Duppers Mar 2016 #3

Read Conservatives Without Conscience elljay Mar 2016 #14

Very good book! And Bob Altemeyer's... Duppers Mar 2016 #21

So sorry to hear that! elljay Mar 2016 #23

True. Thank you. Duppers Mar 2016 #24

I wonder if the brain can be re-wired? awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #27

Dunno elljay Mar 2016 #30

He's a real bullshit shit storm. lonestarnot Mar 2016 #4

Historical precedent. mn9driver Mar 2016 #6

Ignorance is strength. klook Mar 2016 #9

Well said, mn9driver. RW demagogues always have and still do play fast and loose pampango Mar 2016 #13

The MSM seem to love him too. They seem to be more interested in carnival than information. Ford_Prefect Mar 2016 #7

Take seriously Donald Trump could shoot you on the street and get by with it. gordianot Mar 2016 #8

When you translate 'telling it like it is' from GOPspeak to normal English, Mc Mike Mar 2016 #10

Read the interview with the WA Post editorial board The Blue Flower Mar 2016 #11

I've shown many of these to loyal Trump supporters... mreilly Mar 2016 #12

They are angry zalinda Mar 2016 #15

Not as much as Politifact has stumbled, I'll bet... Orsino Mar 2016 #16

Their constant vilification of the media is to provide cover to their lying JBoy Mar 2016 #17

Unfortunately it's a party-loyalty thing, not just in the GOP. Hillary Clinton's stats... MadDAsHell Mar 2016 #18

Republicans Need Their Own Country - Dumfukistan Yallow Mar 2016 #19

Republicans are completely beholden to the "cult of personality" mindset. bullwinkle428 Mar 2016 #20

He makes them feel safe. The truth of his statements is irrelevant since... Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #22

Their willingness to believe the crap their candidates spew is ming-boggling, but Scalded Nun Mar 2016 #25

Trump does not live in the real world Gothmog Mar 2016 #26

KnR. smh Hekate Mar 2016 #28

Lying is what republicans do. tabasco Mar 2016 #29

America voted for Bush twice liberalfromaustin21 Mar 2016 #31

Trump is a pathological liar. lpbk2713 Mar 2016 #32