The art of lying

Forget the talk about Thaddeus McCotter's boneheadedness in costing himself his congressional seat (not to mention that McCotter always struck me more as a somewhat eccentric loyal soldier as opposed to any kind of real leader)--the important part of this week's "Politically Speaking" column comes at the end, when John Truscott tells Jill Alper that Scott Walker's $31 million to $4 million spending advantage in the Wisconsin recall election was offset by Union spending.  Truscott didn't get where he got in life by being an idiot and I'm pretty certain he's well aware of this claim's utter absurdity--but he did get where he got by being shrewd enough to know the republican base (not the brightest bunch) would swallow it hook, line, and sinker.  I would fully expect this to be the line of reasoning for republicans as they continue to buy votes for the rest of this election year--they're just trying to keep up with the Unions.

And another fine example of what Laura Clawson noted yesterday--republicans have completely warped the role that Unions play and the major media outlets (that would be you, Detroit Free Press) have acted as their personal enablers with their lazy journalism.

We could only wish that Unions truly had the power the republicans claim they do.

Peace,
emaycee