Reply #2: I call it the Reagan defense. Many right wingers use it when they are caught in a lie. [View All]

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I have to give my right wing friends and coworkers some credit. They can make up facts on the spot to support their talking points but if you later prove to them they were wrong in what they said they will deny saying it or say they don't remember saying it.

Last week a wing nut I know told me he doesn't report all his income because he doesn't think the government should take so much of his income in taxes. He owns a pharmacy. Yesterday I jokingly told him I turned him into the IRS for a reward and he told me he doesn't remember saying any such thing.