re: #54 Dark_Falcon

Assume that some notable politicians will always lie about and distort the functions of various federal government agencies to further their own careers. Accepting that as a largely permanent state of affairs, how do you counter that BS with the truth?

I recommend you focus on the more substantive part of Obdi’s question.

The GOP feels it is necessary to lie about reality continually on nearly every occasion. This goes far beyond normal political disagreements relating to differing opinions. A tiny list of examples follows:

1) Creationism/ID

2) If the debt ceiling is not raised, default would be a deliberate choice by Obama.

3) AGW denial.

4) The incredible number and amount of lies they tell about women’s health issues to drive their agenda.

Any one of these whoppers would be enough to get one committed as delusional, except that they are pushed by a major political party.

The GOP’s problem with lies is all of these together plus many more. There is simply no way on earth to equate this to two sides each spinning (or even lying about) a common reality to best suit their positions.