Posts Tagged lies
I Just Don’t Understand
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on April 11th, 2012
There are a lot of positions conservatives take that I understand, although I disagree with them. There are sincere anti-abortion people who believe life begins at conception, for example. Belief in “fiscal responsibility” leads many people to draw (bad) analogies to household budgets and disputes over what sorts of behaviors actually are fiscally responsible. I [...]
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Short and Sweet
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on January 14th, 2012
In lieu of my usual morning fulminations, this morning I’m turning the task over to Steve Benen, at Political Animal, who chronicles–and refutes–some of the many “misstatements” (aka lies) of Mitt Romney. Maybe there’s some truth to the claim that you can’t trust a man who would drive for hours with his terrified dog strapped [...]
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The Economics of Healthcare Reform
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on November 7th, 2009
It’s getting so I hate to turn on the television, unless I’m watching something I have TIVO’d, and can zip through the commercials. On live TV, there is an ad that runs every few minutes declaring that healthcare reform will add to the national deficit and raise taxes. The ad ends by darkly warning that [...]
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