Upon Further Consideration . . .

I'm not sure who it was that said it but it is true that a lie told frequently enough becomes the truth! We have that today in our politics. It started on the National scene and has now "Trickled Down" into local politics. One of the few things that actually flows down hill effectively. There are others . . . but that is for another posting. That list doesn't contain money or anything having to do with the economy.

I have wondered for years exactly how the Conservatives have been able to convince the working class to vote for the Republicans and against the common man's own best interest. What I've found is that the Conservatives keep telling the same lies on an ongoing basis till it seems to be the truth. The following will give you some examples.

Recently Michelle Bachmann stated, "The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care." That, of course is not true. The NEJM had nothing to do with the survey, it was a private recruiting firm's survey and it wasn't in the NEJM. The NEJM published a disclaimer at:
www.nejmjobs.org/rpt/health-reform-may-reduce-physician-workforce.aspx
On the other hand, the AMA and its physicians endorsed the Health Care Reform Act. But that lie continues today and the only way to make it a lie is to expose it to the light of wisdom. That is just one of many of Bachmann's many falsehoods.

There are so many that I'll just list out who said them and what was said:
Glenn Beck said, "In the health care bill, we're now offering insurance for dogs."

Sarah Palin said, "Says she couldn't take stimulus money because it required universal building codes." It didn't . . . She also said, "A provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not "entirely voluntary." This is another one of those things that took on a life of its own. Just another lie.

Rush Limbaugh said, "People can't go fishing anymore because of Obama." and
"There are high administrative costs when you donate to Haiti relief through the White House Web site." But the worst was, "President Obama . . . wants to mandate circumcision."

Now don't get me wrong. There are lies on all sides, but only the Conservatives seem to continue with the same lies and then use them later to prove they are true by restating them and saying "Everybody knows that . . ."

If you want your side to be believed then you need to get your leaders to understand that once you are established as a liar, then even your truths will be held in suspect.