Repeat A Lie Enough Times . . .
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:24 pm
And Karl Rove will smile. One of the most potent tactics Rove has made part of the Republican toolbox is 'lie constantly and they'll believe it'.
"Republicans are for smaller government"
"Tax cuts increase revenue"
And then this one:
"Fannie, Freddie and the CRA caused the mortgage meltdown."
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December 16, 2010
Repeat A Lie Enough Times . . .
Barry Ritholtz:
Repeat A Lie Enough Times . . . | The Big Picture: All last year, I kept getting emails from people asking me: “Why do you keep hammering on these issues? Why do you beat up on the eejits who push the Fannie Freddie CRA meme? Its dead, everyone knows its nonsense.” Except, not so much. That 4 members of the FCIC could push such as discredited meme reflects a broader strategy of Agnotology. Even Gretchen Morgenson, of that liberal media outlet NYTimes, began her column on Sunday with this sentence:
DECIDING what to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the taxpayer-owned mortgage giants that helped set the financial crisis in motion, will be a huge job for Congress next year.
That single sentence is a huge victory for the reality challenged.
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All three statements are easily contradicted by facts easily avail. to the average person. All three are part of the RW scripture.
yrs,
rubato
"Republicans are for smaller government"
"Tax cuts increase revenue"
And then this one:
"Fannie, Freddie and the CRA caused the mortgage meltdown."
_______________________________
December 16, 2010
Repeat A Lie Enough Times . . .
Barry Ritholtz:
Repeat A Lie Enough Times . . . | The Big Picture: All last year, I kept getting emails from people asking me: “Why do you keep hammering on these issues? Why do you beat up on the eejits who push the Fannie Freddie CRA meme? Its dead, everyone knows its nonsense.” Except, not so much. That 4 members of the FCIC could push such as discredited meme reflects a broader strategy of Agnotology. Even Gretchen Morgenson, of that liberal media outlet NYTimes, began her column on Sunday with this sentence:
DECIDING what to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the taxpayer-owned mortgage giants that helped set the financial crisis in motion, will be a huge job for Congress next year.
That single sentence is a huge victory for the reality challenged.
_______________________________________
All three statements are easily contradicted by facts easily avail. to the average person. All three are part of the RW scripture.
yrs,
rubato