tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post5325015611576030677..comments2023-08-20T03:37:07.774-07:00Comments on PolitiFact Bias: PFB Penpals: What about Harry Reid?Bryan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07608604859044029293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-70539771718546204532012-08-09T08:16:02.091-07:002012-08-09T08:16:02.091-07:00Salvatore Ilad asked (regarding challenges to Obam...Salvatore Ilad asked (regarding challenges to Obama's birth status): "Why did the party do that?"<br /><br />It didn't.<br /><br />The Republican Party gave no credence to birther claims. A few individuals made statements sympathetic to birthers' objections to certain issues (such as Obama not releasing the document for a long period of time). Sorry, Salvatore, no "Bryan Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07608604859044029293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-41053195835679413082012-08-09T07:29:35.485-07:002012-08-09T07:29:35.485-07:00Bryan: first, thanks for giving me the benefit of ...Bryan: first, thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt.<br /><br />You want examples, I hope I can give you some that you can accept, as those are the ones that "stuck" with me.<br /><br />1.) The "birth certificate" thing. This was/is so outlandish, that it is beyond my comprehension. It's outlandish because implying that someone wasn't born in the US but made itAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180998173312396540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-2697075279773821962012-08-09T06:36:57.304-07:002012-08-09T06:36:57.304-07:00Salvatore Ilad wrote: "(R)epublicans really ...Salvatore Ilad wrote: "(R)epublicans really push the boundaries of truthfulness to maintain a consistent narrative among the far right, the Christian right"<br /><br />What, in your opinion, is an example of Republicans pushing "the boundaries of truthfulness to maintain a consistent narrative"? <br /><br />The notion scarcely makes sense, as far as I can see. I'd love Bryan Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07608604859044029293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161368243189108227.post-47291543298094748712012-08-09T04:33:13.999-07:002012-08-09T04:33:13.999-07:00> Democrats tend not to notice the unfairness a...> Democrats tend not to notice the unfairness as much since it affects Democrats much less frequently.<br /><br />Yes, because republicans really push the boundaries of truthfulness to maintain a consistent narrative among the far right, the christian right (who have some exercise in believing contradictory points, but demand that everyone else does so too), the fiscal conservatives (who oftenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180998173312396540noreply@blogger.com