That has to be the "logical" basis of this unintentionally hilarious screed posted on Politico this evening:
Despite the way the blogs and the Democratic Party are spinning it, I never called all liberals anti-American, I never questioned Barack Obama’s patriotism, and I never asked for some House Un-American Activities Committee witch hunt into my colleagues in Congress.
What I did was ask legitimate questions that Minnesotans have been asking me: What does Barack Obama mean by change?
Next come anger and bargaining, if I recall.
For at least two years, the American people are potentially looking at a liberal policy agenda dominating Washington from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. In fact, it’s conceivable that the Democrat majority in the Senate could be large enough that the traditional minority right to filibuster would be entirely eviscerated. So why isn’t it appropriate to ask what that policy agenda would look like?
Of course, none of these points has been noted in any subsequent media reports of the interview. It’s like a political version of the children’s game of telephone. I make a statement in an interview. Chris Matthews distorts it — as he is paid so well to do. The liberal blogs contort it even more. The speaker of the House and other Democrat leaders utter absolute lies about what was said in the interview. Then the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee picks it up and runs with it, buying $1 million for negative ads so that they don’t have to talk about the issues.
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But when you can’t win on the issues, you steal the election with a couple of lies and $1 million worth of mud. And the media reports and Democrat responses to my interview on “Hardball” have been echoing the outright lies of the liberal blogs. Is it really any wonder people are so cynical about politics?
"Seriously, who are you going to believe? Me? Or your lyin' eyes?":
I think it's safe to say that furious spinning about "echo chambers" falls a little flat when we're all simply watching her, in her own words, on YouTube. And Chris Matthews was practically as gentle as a kitten: it's not his fault, Congresswoman, that you decided to hang yourself using every single inch of rope he gave you.
But now we're sure to be treated to the inevitable round of false balance where media and press reports are lightning quick to pretend that she didn't say what she clearly said. And in honor of that sure-to-be-infuriating exercise in journalamism, may I humbly suggest that we continue to bury this national embarrassment until she recedes back into the dark fringe of society where she and her ilk belong?
Just a suggestion. When a member of Congress is so crazy as to pass being even mildly entertaining (I call this the "Ron Paul Horizon"), it's time for a change.