Here's a selection of the lies propagated by the Right in the last few
years:
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Iraq sent its WMDs to Syria.
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Democrats don't want to wiretap terrorists.
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Mexicans are taking our jobs.
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Scooter Libby has a faulty memory.
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Tom DeLay is like Jesus Christ.
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No one could have anticipated that the levees would be breached.
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We do not torture.
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There is no global warming.
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There is global warming, but humans didn't cause it.
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John F. Kerry is a flip-flopper.
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George W. Bush is a decider.
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Nobody at the White House knows Jack Abramoff.
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Evolution isn't supported by the facts.
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Diebold voting machines are secure.
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Fox News is fair and balanced.
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Mission accomplished.
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No one could have anticipated the Iraqi insurgency.
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The budget deficit will be cut in half in four years.
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Anyone who thinks Dubai shouldn't control our ports is racist.
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No one who thinks we should build a wall along the Mexican border is racist.
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Terry Schiavo wants to live.
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We've turned a corner in Iraq.
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There's a war on Christmas.
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There's no civil war in Iraq.
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The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.
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Bush won Florida in 2000.
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Bush won Ohio in 2004.
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We support open, free, and fair elections ... for the Ukraine.
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I earned political capital... and I intend to spend it.
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Losing by 2 million votes in 2000 is a mandate.
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Winning by 3 million votes in 2004 is a mandate.
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The grownups will now be in charge.
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Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job.
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Kathleen Blanco never asked for federal help.
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Moral values voters.
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The earth is 6,000 years old.
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We're not interested in banning contraceptives.
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Bush flew F-102s in the Texas Air National Guard.
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Bush is a compassionate conservative.
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John Kerry "outed" Mary Cheney
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John Kerry shot himself in the leg to earn his medals
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Al Gore thinks he invented the internet.
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Bill Clinton was once offered Bin Laden "on a silver platter" and turned it down.
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Saddam Hussein attacked us on 9/11.
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9/11 changed everything.
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No one could have anticipated airplanes flying into buildings.
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We have removed the Taliban from Afghanistan.
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The Iraqis will welcome us with open arms and flowers...
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Yellow magnetic car ribbons really help the troops.
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We're fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here.
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Iraqi oil will pay for the war and the reconstruction.
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Gas prices are high because of librul environmental regulations.
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Drilling the ANWR will lower the price of oil.
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The 'magic of the marketplace' will solve all problems.
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Unemployment numbers have never been so low.
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By far the vast majority of my tax cuts go to the bottom end of the spectrum.
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Tax cuts increase revenue.
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The estate tax hurts family farms.
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Private Accounts will save Social Security.
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No Child Left Behind will help all children.
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Healthy Skies Initiative will reduce air pollution.
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Republicans are compassionate conservatives.
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Dissent is unpatriotic.
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You're either with us, or against us.
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All options are on the table.
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Republicans are the party of ideas.
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These are not assertions. These are facts backed up by solid intelligence.
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Terri Schiavo is responsive. (Bill Frist on the Senate floor).
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I never said she was responsive (Bill Frist, about a week later).
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Anyone who leaks information will no longer be part of this administration.
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Harriet would be a great justice. I know her heart.
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Terrorists didn't know we could use wiretaps until they read about it in the paper.
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I will restore honor and integrity to the White House.
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I'm a uniter, not a divider.
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The 'CEO' President.
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If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.
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If gays are allowed to marry then heterosexual men will leave their wives.
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Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia.
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"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
A much fuller list can be found at
AmericaBlog.