Krugman: Rand Paul "actually has no idea that the deficit is falling; it’s quite possible that

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24. It is really getting to the point that Republicans are saying things that are so divorced from....

Reality that they just can't be that stupid; they are intentionally lying because they know their followers will never try to actually see if the data supports their claims.

It makes political discourse impossible, because no amount of evidence will sway their opinion. They are vested and must believe their Republicans because accepting the evidence would mean that they would have to accept that their leaders are liars.

It is really getting to the point of insane double think:
Gold goes up, republicans scream it means we have hyperinflation. Gold drops like a brick, Republicans STILL SCREAM INFLATION.
Republicans demand spending cuts, but Romney's plan called for higher spending than we have had with Obama and Ryan's plan doesn't actually cite a single program that would be cut.
Republicans complain about the size of government when (last 30 years) every Republican administration increased the size of government more than the least expansive Democrat.
Republicans claim to be the party of business, but market indexes go down when they are in office.
There are more than 1,000,000 fewer government employees (all levels) today than there were when Obama took office.