“We’re on the right track. As long as we stick to verifiable facts we’re in good shape.”
“When the legend is better than the fact, print the legend.” - the Man Who Shot Liberty Valence.
Did the left care that Robert Bork was none of those things Dead Ted labled him as? Does the left care that people think that Sarah Palin said that she could see Russia from her house? Bottom line - rumor and urban legend can be effective weapons, don’t leave them in our holster.
The people on the left love to say: “It is better to ask forgiveness than permission.”
To them there is no truth except in a relative way. So they believe that a characterization that more or less paints a picture of the reality is ok, even if the facts are not accurate. They further believe that their goals are so noble and right that they are justified using any stretching of the truth. It is sort of like the way we tell ourselves we are not actually “Lying” when we tell our kids there is a Santa Claus because it is the sense of the “spirit” of things that makes it “true” in a different sort of way. Thus they justify the lies about Bork etc. I don’t think they think they are lying. They just redefine what lying is.
Won't work for us. You know why people think Palin said that? Because the MSM repeated it endlessly. There is a massive doublestandard in the MSM, and if conservatives ignorantly walk into a trap like this, they'll come out the worse for it.
We all know the drill: Leftists lie, the MSM covers up for them. Conservatives do *anything*, the MSM tries to find a way to spin it to look bad.
Now, just imagine what would happen if we start going around telling verifiable lies? The MSM would have a field day - and we'd have bought the ammunition and loaded the gun for them. Not good. Honesty, truth, facts, reason are ALWAYS the best policy.