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kentuck

(111,110 posts)
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 09:24 AM Aug 2022

The "Big Lie" Party

The Republican Party has officially adopted the "Big Lie" as their official platform.

At their annual CPAC convention in Dallas, TX this weekend, with guest speakers Viktor Orban and Donald Trump, they pulled no stops in letting it be known that they believed the last election was stolen from them. Donald Trump had persuaded them totally.

They mocked the criminal attack upon our Capitol with a 'WE ARE ALL DOMESTIC TERRORISTS" chyron across the top of their stage for all the world to see. Not only did it show that they believed the mob that attacked our Capitol was justified, they wanted everyone to know that they agreed with it.

To further prove their point, they had a makeshift jail cell, with a MAGA prisoner inside, taking live phone calls from actual insurrectionists that were still in jail. They were donating money and saying loud prayers in public, just like the Bible tells them to do. One Congressperson, Marjorie Taylor Green of Georgia, went into the cell with the "fake" prisoner to commiserate and to comfort him.

The one-time leading group for conservatives in the USA had gone all-in for the "Big Lie". They preached that the election of 2020 was rigged and stolen from their chosen Leader. They would have it no other way.

They have no facts or evidence but they have their conspiracy theories. They have their "Big Lie" and they are going to ride it to the dead end.

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The "Big Lie" Party (Original Post) kentuck Aug 2022 OP
And we can only hope that 'dead end' arrives today...(okay, arrives very soon!) (n/t) wyn borkins Aug 2022 #1
There's a plus and minus to this NJCher Aug 2022 #2
Lies usually have ulterior motives. kentuck Aug 2022 #3

NJCher

(35,753 posts)
2. There's a plus and minus to this
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 09:48 AM
Aug 2022

As we are seeing with Alex Jones.

The minus is that they are making money by telling these lies.

The plus is that this what makes it fraud.

Over time (and sadly, it does take time) it will become apparent that this is not a viable business model.

Who is the number one loser businessman in America? Donald trump. Anyone who uses him as a business model is on a fool’s errand.

Having said that, however, this behavior is ripping our democracy to pieces and it needs to be addressed now instead of waiting for the criminal justice system to mitigate it.

kentuck

(111,110 posts)
3. Lies usually have ulterior motives.
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 10:44 AM
Aug 2022

The truth does not.

The truth is putting on its shoes as the lies fly all around...

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