Maybe there's a "Can You Top This Whopper?" Tournament in the GOP.

[Armstead]

This came to mind in the aftermath of the GOP's Big Discovery yesterday of an old report about old chemicals found in Iraq, as if it were some new relevation of great importance.

Although I disagree with it, people like Sanctorum would at least have been more credible if they'd simply told the truth about it to make their case. He could have simply said something like "Since 2003, we have found xxx gallons of likely remanents of mustard gas and sarin. That shows that Sadaam did have some weapons stockpiled, and he might have had much more hidden away...."

But could he do that? Noooooooooo. He and the rest of the gop and the right-wing echo machine had to Stretch the Envelope of Truthiness, hype it up, to make it seem like some new revelation. "Folks we have found the WMD's! The govenment has discovered information that Sadaam was harboring stockpiles of weapoins of mass destruction. This new development proves that the case for war ws right, and the liberals were wrong. Eat Crow Now you scurvy peacenik dogs." .....(Okay I exagerated slightly.)

Made me wonder why they had to go that extra gratititous step. And here's my theory. There's really a League of Whoppers in the GOP. It's an ongoing competition to see who can get away with the biggest one. Of course, Karl Rove is the Iron Chef of this, but the rest of them are in the game too.

Perhaps there's a secret televiusion network too, with play by play for the participants. "Oooooooo. Senatorum Santorum made a bold move there, casting old information as something new and earthshaking. But I don't think that'll top the one last week that Iraq is in much better shape today because President Bush spent 5 hours there."

And maybe the competors sit around over their ciogars and brandy, like golf partners after a round. "Hey guys did you see the one I pulled today? I actually found a new way to call John Murtha a coward and gay. And the media bought it."...."Yes that ws a good one. But you have a long way to go to top Vice President Cheney saying he'd never met John Edwrds during the VP debate in 04. That one is still the classic."

[rock]

1. But, but, but .. I thought "freedom on the march"

was the reason we went to Iraq. Why would they bring up the non-relevant WMDs?

[Armstead]

2. You have to understand trhe rules of the game...

The goal is to twist the truth in outrageous ways and get away with it. The one who bamboozles the most shamelessly is the winner.


Having five different reasons for going to war at diferent times is part of the championship strategy. Maybe having two or three reasons is in the relm of possibility. But juggling many diferent reasons without having the public come after you with tar and feathers is like being Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France.

[Armstead]

3. Kick -- I like this post anyway....

[dogday]

4. Repeat the lie and rinse, then repeat again till

the M$M catches on....

[Armstead]

5. Of course, the MSM never catches on....

Whenever they do start to catch on, the skilled Whopperizers always come up with something new nd innoivative to send the MSM on false scents again.

Bush is in the 30's in terms of approval? "He went froim 35 to 38 percent. So there's a Bush bounce, and the Republicans will win in November."

[Batgirl]

6. This theory is actually kind of soothing and comforting

At least in this scenario there's a reasonable explanation for their behavior. They're not just psychopathic members of our species who wrenched power in order to exert their super-predator behavior on a global scale. They're game show contestants. Almost makes you want to root for the little buggers.