Republican Senetor, Ron Kyl, strait-faced and speaking on the floor of the Senate, stated without ambiguity that 90% of Planned Parenthood funding is used to perform abortions for "income challenged" women. The factual data shows that the figure is about 3%. Later he pitifully rebutted in a statement that the comment was "not meant to be factual".
Well what the hell did he intend for it to be? He meant for it to be pure propaganda. Plain and simple. Regardless of any one's position on any political issue the least we should expect from elected representatives is misrepresentations, not plain,black and white lies. It has come to this in our current political discourse: one no longer has to even pretend to represent or present factual data. Just lie, admit it was a lie, and your constituency will laud you for it.
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Well what the hell did he intend for it to be? He meant for it to be pure propaganda. Plain and simple. Regardless of any one's position on any political issue the least we should expect from elected representatives is misrepresentations, not plain,black and white lies. It has come to this in our current political discourse: one no longer has to even pretend to represent or present factual data. Just lie, admit it was a lie, and your constituency will laud you for it.
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