The Lies On Which They Build Their Empire

I thought that it would be interesting to illustrate the sort of thing I have to wade through to find nuggets for Wingnut Wrapup.  This is not just to make you feel sorry for me, but to demonstrate just how dense the network of lies spread by the right wing really is.  For this purpose, I have chosen a post by Laurie Roth, the self-styled "Annie Oakley of the Airwaves," at the ever- dependable Renew America.  What follows is virtually the entire post, minus the introduction, with no words omitted, but reformatted to count the lies.  So, here we go:

"1.  What is Obama's dream? Transform the U.S. to what?  Obama doesn't have a dream to destroy America and make her disappear, but rather to enslave, control, and manipulate the people and all our assets.  

2. All those who resist his agenda will be destroyed.  

3. His stated views written and spoken for his whole "fake out" career have been to be the leader of an international movement and control the entire world with international laws. 

4. Step one is to seize and redistribute all wealth, 

5.  make America a mass of amorality,  

6. and crush real morality inspired by the God of the Holy Bible.  

7. Obama is a radical Communist 

8. /Islamist  

9. and has always hated what the real America represents.  

10. Christians, conservatives, and patriots must go,  

11. so must her spirit and real history of greatness. 

12. Obama intends to make this transformation happen through clear and thought-out methodology.  

13. He has never just had a dream or philosophy he operates from, but detailed plans

14. and international Islamic support.  

15. He has always mysteriously had billions of dollars in backing.  

16. It is most clear that Obama, from birth, was the chosen destroyer of America.  

17. Believe what you want, but the large sea of facts support this,  

18. from the massive millions spent to hide all Obama's documents –  

19. falsifying his birth records,  

20. use of false social security cards,  

21. and hiding college records. Think about it a second. Have you ever heard of any U.S. president ever  

22. spending millions to hide every detail of his life from the people? 

23. We see Obama organizing and enforcing a tectonic shift through the Islamic lead caliphate,  

24. with the goal of controlling the entire world one day.  

25. We have watched Obama side with Islamic dictator after dictator – exposing again and again his real faith in Allah and Muhammad, not the Holy Bible and Jesus Christ.  

26. Think of the endless amount of corrupt and criminal dictators and terrorist groups he has boldly backed – Zelaya, Morsi, giving aid, and comfort to the Taliban,  

27. employing Muslim Brotherhood members through out his staff on and on it goes.  

28. He always sides against the Christians and Jews and for Islamic radicals. 

29. Scandals of destruction and corruption collect around Obama like snowflakes in a snowstorm.  

30. Now, we get to wade through his complete violation and betrayal of our vets with the Veterans Administration horror show  

31. and his illegal exchange of five top ranking Taliban commanders  

32. for a known Islamic radical and deserter.  

33. Naturally, Obama committed another crime by bypassing Congress and not giving them 30 days to respond. Now, we shall see if Congress has already been bought and paid for or will stand for the law and the people. 

34.  This latest crime of Obama is serious enough that if Congress will act, Obama could be facing huge prison time.   

So, what is it to be, people...tyranny and control or freedom and achievement?  

35.Obama has already decided, but what will Congress, the 2014 and 2016 elections, and the people decide?"

Thirty five lies in one post- every single one of them without a shred of evidence, or even minimal credibility.  And yet these thirty five lies are repeated over and over again by right wingers all over the country, with utter lack of concern that they are all (as most right wingers must know inside) completely false.  They all add up to a narrative described briefly by Andrew Sullivan, after watching Fox News for an evening:

"Here’s the gist: the president is a lawless dictator, abetting America’s Islamist foes around the world, releasing Taliban prisoners to aid in his own jihad on America, fomenting a new caliphate in Iraq, and encouraging children to rush the Mexican border to up his vote-count, while effectively leaving those borders open to achieve his “fundamental transformation of America.”

And how could it be possible to write anything short of a textbook disproving this barrage of falsehoods?  We would spend our lives rebutting claims that everyone knows to be totally false, destroying any hope we might have of dealing with real issues.  And make no mistake about it- the people who are paid to churn this stuff out day after day know perfectly well that they are nothing but paid liars, but they just don't care.  And the people who buy these smears and distortions are too lazy, too filled with hatred and rage by the purveyors of this garbage, and in most cases, too stupid and ignorant to know the difference.   So, the country slides down the slope into disaster, while we stand helpless and watch.