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Conix is better off arguing that aliens from Alpha Centauri are conspiring to fix the Kentucky Derby.



(I stole that from Charlie Pierce):

Let us count the lies, shall we?

PP is not aborting fetuses alive to harvest their brains and other body parts. This is exactly the same as listening to a candidate argue that aliens from Alpha Centauri are conspiring to fix the Kentucky Derby. And, in any case, Planned Parenthood not only can deny it, but it has denied it, over and over again. And taxpayers are not paying for it because it isn't happening, and because PP doesn't use federal money to pay for any of the three percent of its services that include abortion.

TODD: Well, the footage you describe at best is a reenactment. The people even-- the people that made the videos admit it's stock footage. Yet, you went right along and said, "It's Planned Parenthood."

FIORINA: Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck. Do you think this is not happening? Does Hillary Clinton think this is not happening? So sad that you missed the opportunity to ask Mrs. Clinton why she said, "Late-term abortions were only performed for medical purposes." That is patently false. This is happening in America today. And taxpayers are paying for it. That is a fact. It is a reality. And no one can run away from it.

TODD: But you are sort of ducking the video, the specific of this question. And I guess I'm trying, because let me tell you what a Washington Post—

?And this is where things go badly wrong. It doesn't matter what The Washington Post editorial page says. (I've found that, if you accept this as a general rule in all things, you won't go wrong. You also won't invade Iraq.) The only thing that matters is that a prominent presidential candidate is dealing in demonstrable, damnable lies.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a38332/chuck-todd-beltway-journalism-masterclass/