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Marr

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6. When you stop caring about facts, and think "belief" trumps reality...

Reply to stevenleser (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 03:30 PM

Oct 2012

... naturally you're going to describe things like debates as you *want* them to be, not as they actually are. It's the same type of thinking that fuels their never-ending, religious devotion to ideas like "cutting taxes increases government revenue", even though it's been thoroughly proven untrue.

For everything else in their world to make sense, this maxim must be true. So they believe it is true.

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The dynamic in political punditry today and what might end up making the difference in the Prez race [View all] stevenleser Oct 2012 OP

REpubs have message discipline GeorgiaDemGuy Oct 2012 #1

It's partially because most of the Conservative pundits all work for the same corporation and stevenleser Oct 2012 #2

It's true....and it's disgusting navarth Oct 2012 #3

exccellant Commentary. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2012 #4

On the bright side of this equation Spike89 Oct 2012 #5

When you stop caring about facts, and think "belief" trumps reality... Marr Oct 2012 #6