Top 5 Republican Lies for 2009

Filed in National by on November 28, 2009

Even though the year isn’t over, TPM catalogs the Top 5 ways that the GOP stepped into the national conversation with lies, distortions, bad faith and plain made up data. This one may be my favorite:

Number Three: Republicans Try Math

It seems like so long ago that the House passed far-reaching cap and trade legislation. Before they did, though, the GOP did its best to raise the specter of another energy crisis, thanks to a new, and tyrannical “light switch tax.” To underscore their point, they claimed that, based on an MIT study, cap and trade legislation could cost the average household $3,128 a year. Too bad the author of that study claimed it was all hogwash. That didn’t deter leading Republicans, including House Minority Leader John Boehner, from repeating the number over and over again until the day the American Clean Energy and Security Act passed on the House floor.

One of the ones not here was the persistent claim that Obama would take your guns — and almost a year later there is no sign of this favorite wingnut apocalypse.

Seen in retrospect there is plenty to laugh at here, until you remember that the Liberal Media spends a great deal of time giving these lies and distortions alot of credence — stepping up to do some debunking only when pushed into it. By that time, they’ve already been played into getting the stupid into circulation and giving the stupid the kind of credibility that apparently comes now from being on TV. It’s really a shame.

So what is your favorite wingnut lie of 2009?

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  1. wikwox says:

    Gee! So many to choose from! It’s been never ending actually and I’m sure we’ll get a few more by years end.I have to say the “Obbama will take your (precious) guns”. The gun store south of Cheswold had a sign out front with a “count down calender”, duly written up the The State News (think the N.J. sucks?). Of course the ‘Birther stuff was fun when Mike Castle got the “Crazy Eileen” treatment.

  2. Duffy says:

    “So what is your favorite wingnut lie of 2009?”

    That a trillion in new spending will jumpstart the economy

  3. Brooke says:

    I’d have to go with “Sarah Palin had Trig in April 2008 after a 2 month pregnancy and a 30 hour trip (in active labor) from Texas to a regional hospital to give birth to a premature baby with Down’s syndrome.”

    I know we first heard it last year, but it continues to impress. It has everything we love in wingnut lies. It flies in the face of anything resembling modern medical practice, or indeed, science. It counts on a public distaste for anything relating to “woman trouble” for cover. It’s a slap in the face of all common sense. And it’s part of the prop roll-out for Palin’s book tour, so it’s my pick. 🙂