I recently entered into a debate with a Republican on an online news forum regarding this very video (I know, they have nothing of substance to discuss). This loyal Republican was a housewife who insisted Obama had admitted being a Muslim, and she posted a link to this video which she said "proved" it.
Of course the video turned out to be a hoax; it's an edited, chopped-up compilation of different quotes and this lady was so dishonest that she actually posted the link to the video itself NOT the page with comments, since the comments pointed out the video was a fraud. In other words, she went out of her way to hide any uncomfortable details that might impugn the veracity of the video. I exposed the video and called her a liar, and she refused to own up to it, complaining I was attacking her for "standing up for her beliefs."
Another Republican began insisting I was "bullying" her, and literally told me that the facts were less important than my "demeanor" as if it was entirely inappropriate for me to call out a liar. This is what the Republican Party means to me - people who will say ANYTHING regardless of the facts, who will engage in ANY sneaky maneuver including posting BS, and who will run from the truth while crying they're being picked on by meanies when the truth is shined upon their fabrications.
The end result of my debate with this delusional woman was that she became even more firmly enmeshed in her falsehoods, and I'm sure is out there breathlessly telling someone that "Obama admitted he's a Muslim! It's really really really true!" as I write this. These people are scary. They are really really scary, and completely shameless. They do NOT care about reality. If they even attempt to address their lies, they merely insist that Democrats lie all the time, so Republicans should be allowed to do so too, apparently. It's especially sickening to see them give Romney and Ryan a free pass on lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie while they continue to bellow and scream that it's Obama, Clinton, Biden, etc. who are the liars (never with concrete examples or actual facts, of course).
I really have no other word for people that support this kind of behavior other than "turds." These people are turds, plain and simple, and it's impossible for me to feel an ounce of compassion or empathy for them. They're turds, and they go out of their way to be turds.
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