Monday, November 06, 2006

No Hypocrisy For Publicans

They simply don't think lying is wrong in the GOP.

Hullabaloo: "...It is innate common sense to hold those who fail to practice what they preach to their own standards --- otherwise there are no such thing as standards in the first place and there is no moral value in honesty...

I had heard Kate O'Beirne make Frum's argument on Friday on Chris Matthews' show and just thought she was blubbering incoherently because she didn't know how to spin it. Apparently Frum's piece had just been injected into the Borg and hadn't been fully assimilated.

But this isn't really all that unusual. For instance, it also fits with their earlier admonition that parents should lie to their teen-agers about having taken drugs when they were younger. The right wingers say it's better to lie than admit that you have regrets (or don't.) They are enshrining dishonesty and hypocrisy as a moral imperative..."

Excellent post. Read the rest here.

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