Lies, Lies and More Lies

I've been following the Gore energy bill pseudo-scandal with disappointment. I see the local media chock full of the charges against Gore and none of the evidence contrary to the charges. That certainly goes a long way in my book to dispel the myth of the liberal press (something I don't believe in the first place - considering that something on the order of 85-90% of the media is currently owned by 5 HUGE corporations, all of which are major contributors to the right).

I've seen these smears based on outright lies before.

1. The accusation that Gore said he invented the Internet - he never said it.

2. Kerry and the Swift Boaters - (read the bit about the guy who financed them doing the Aztec Two Step in confirmation hearings)

3. McCain and the Bush campaign accusations that he fathered an illegitimate black child - (talk about "how LOW can you go"!!! in pandering to "your base"!!!)

4. The smear over Edward's home sale - where some very significant factors somehow got "forgot".

5. Pilosi's "request" for a "bigger airplane" - which actually originated, not with Pilosi or her office but, with the Sergeant at Arms but it got spun into a personal attack.

6. Rep. Murtha spent 37 years in the Marine Corps earning a Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts and a Navy Distinguished Service Medal. His service has earned him the respect of the military, and made him a trusted adviser to both Republican and Democratic presidents and leaders of the armed forces. The Bush campaign labeled him a coward and the ditto heads who "don't have the time to research this stuff" bought into it.

7. Max Cleland, a guy who lost three limbs in Vietnam, left them on
the battlefield. He receiving the Soldier’s Medal “for allegedly shielding my men from the grenade blast and the Silver Star for allegedly coming to the aid of wounded troops….” got smeared as a coward, too.

Don't you get a little tired of this stuff ... and don't you start getting a little skeptical of it when it's so consistent ... and when it originates in such a pattern ... and attack on the person instead of a debate over their ideas? Is the right so devoid of sound principals that they avoid a discussion of the issues and concentrate on this level of falsehood to support their point of view? And why do so many buy into it? So often ... and over and over again? Even Pavlov's dogs picked up on patterns quicker!

You're going to say .. and I can hear it now ... the left does it, too.

OK ... lets say there's truth in it. I listed seven examples of egregious smear above. I allege it's a pattern of tactics knowingly, consciously and deliberately employed by the right. Please give me FIVE examples of the left's attacks on THE PERSON with OUTRIGHT LIES and FABRICATONS ... hell, give me THREE!

The key is OUTRIGHT LIES and FABRICATONS as opposed to attacks based on the person's ideas and policies. (And saying Bush is an illiterate doesn't count ... he is an illiterate, a functional illiterate ... it's not a fabrication.)