The Republican party has been getting away with a Big Lie for a long time, but especially in this past year of the healthcare fight.
As we saw this summer, ignorant rightwingers ranted in town halls meetings against "government-run healthcare" while at the same time demanded that government keep its hands off Medicare -- which is, needless to say for anyone operating with more than a brain stem, a government-run healthcare program.
We can write off the fringe dopes for not knowing which way is up. But elected Republicans around the country -- as well as their media mouthpieces -- know better. And yet most of them continue to spread the lie that they support Medicare, and always have... and that somehow, Medicare isn't a government-run healthcare program.
We can and should use their shamelessness against them in this home stretch of the healthcare battle. Actually, we should use it forever and ever -- anytime a Republican (or sadly, a rightwing Democrat) starts spreading lies about healthcare reform.
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