Lies, Damn Lies, And Republican Lies

With their plan to simply obstruct the Obama agenda and then to allow the economy to collapse not working out so well with the public and their plans to" fix" the economy laughed out of the halls of Washington, the GOP has gone back to basics: flat out making up lies to scare people.

Yesterday, the Wonk Room’s Ben Furnas noted that House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have been attacking a cap-and-trade proposal before Congress, falsely claiming that the measure would cost American families over $3,000 per year in extra taxes.

They base their claim on a 2007 MIT study. However, after interviewing one of the study’s researchers, MIT professor John Reilly, PolitiFact reported on Monday that the GOP claim is false, giving it a “pants on fire” rating on the website’s “Truth-O-Meter.” According to Reilly, the report actually finds that any tax burden resulting from the bill’s enactment wouldn’t be felt until 2015 — at $31 per person and $79 per family per year, not $3,100.

In other words, Republicans are flat-out lying again and again to the American people in an effort to scare them on climate change legislation, making up complete fabrications so that Americans rally against the bill.

It's the worst sort of irresponsible propaganda from a group of professional liars. The study they are using to promote the lies has now been proven to have been misused and misinterpreted according to the author of the study itself.

But what do you expect from the GOP in 2009? Accuracy? Integrity? Fairness? Hey Dems, let's get on this one before the Village picks it up as fact, shall we?