This is what the rightwing does best and they've been doing it for decades. Repeat a lie over and over and over, in a highly focused, coordinated, emphatic manner, and people eventually think it's true, even AFTER it has been debunked! It's a very powerful, dangerous technique.

It is so nice to see American math skills in action. Apparently this customer service guy got a job as a reporter.

Brian,

Have you called Paul Kane to see where he's getting that info re the "cuts"?

I live and work in metro ATL and Dr. Toast is spot on. Its not so frightening that they're repeating the lie they heard on the drive in(Boortz/Rush), we're used to that. It's that when you try and show them figures and facts - then YOU become the liar. If one more person send me a link to newsmax.com refuting anything, there will be blood!

The mood around the office is much more contentious now than before the election. I hate to say it, but there is just no middle ground for the southern republican anymore and there was one as recent as 6 months ago. You're either party line all the way or you're a democrat...or worse.

Give Republicans credit : They know how to spin things to their liking with these morons in the press MUCH better than the Dems.

Two Paul Kane moments for the price of one:

http://www.eschatonblog.com/2009/04/wanker-of-day_09.html

And they wonder why their industry is dying?

John

Seriously, you think this guy is dumb? He's not and he knows exactly what he's doing. When dealing w/ MSM misinformation, which is all the time now, just ask yourself 'does this misinformation protect the corporate interest?'. In most cases you'll find the answer is 'yes'. It's not about being clueless or living in a bubble or fear of being called unpatriotic...it's all about the corporate agenda.

The only way to make these goobers understand is too make them give you a hundred dollar bill and a five dollar bill...hold them up and say now I'm gonna apply the "Gates defense budget cut" to you $100 dollar bill. Give them the $100 dollar bill back and put the $5 in your pocket. If they still call that a "cut" then ask them for another $105 dollars. If they finally get smart enough to ask that the 4% would be $104 and this is not 'really' a cut just explain the extra dollar was for the lesson.

Taking money out of their hands physically is the only way they will finally get it. But this isn't about "tax cut" confusion at all...it's about demonizing the Obama administration even if they have to lie to do it. To Republicans 'truth' only means if we can make you believe it... then it's true.

It is a budget cut! It was in the Washington Post, so it MUST BE FACT!

Gates said yesterday that he was moving some items that had recently paid for in the supplemental bills into the main Defense Department budget. If true, this budget could well represent a spending decrease, in the sense that, minus the cost of items that have been shifted from supplemental spending bills, the budget has declined.

Part of the problem here is that the true cost of the defense budget has been hidden, both by having some costs hidden in supplemental bills and in other budgets, but also by having necessary budget items (such as replacement parts) deferred.

It'll be easier at the end of the year to make a better judgment as to whether costs are increasing or decreasing.

The extra copies of "Nebraska" would definitely be worth the increase in spending.

But it all worked perfectly! Same as it does every time. Cause now all anybody is arguing about is whether it represents a cut, or not. Nobody is saying "BTW, I think cutting the Defense budget a lot is a good idea". We are workin on a very dangerous mix here; high unemployment, and lots of defense dollars, and a press which can't get anything about the world situation right. I smell a new "greatest generation" coming up!