They have no shame, and why would they. After all, they get away with every lie, so why not keep doing it?
Last year, when president Obama took what was almost a politically-suicidal decision to bailout GM and Chrysler, the RW went out of their already crazy mind. Sen. Bob Corker called Obama's actions "truly breathtaking" and said the government ownership roles at Chrysler and GM "should send a chill through all Americans who believe in free enterprise."
One year later, the lunatics are very quiet about the auto-industry comeback. But Bob Corker never met a lie he didn't like. From The Washington Post:
Corker says the administration's methods were "heavy-handed" but also takes credit for helping to shape the bailout. He prodded the Obama administration to force the companies to lessen their debt and achieve a more favorable union agreement.
"The ideas we laid out there were followed through," Corker said in an interview. "I take some pleasure out of helping make that contribution. . . . I think what we did is we forced a debate and we forced a hard look at these companies."
Yep. Not even a blink.
Benen is just as stunned:
Got that? Corker hated the policy last year -- it offended his notion of how the government should operate on a fundamental level -- but now that it worked, and the evidence is clear that Obama was right, he wants the public to think the president succeeded thanks to the Republican "contributions" to the policy.
This is not only a reminder of just how shameless this crowd really is, it's a reminder how fortunate America was that Republicans weren't calling the shots when the pressure was on.
Even the First Read people had to say at least something:
*** The GM turnaround: We said it at the time: As the GM bailout goes, so goes the Obama presidency. It was the bailout everyone in America could understand, and it wasn't popular. In our June 2009 NBC/WSJ poll, the American automaker had an awful 18%-47% fav/unfav. A year later, however, the Obama administration believes it has a good story to tell.
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On Friday, Chris Hayes did a good job telling this good story, with the good help of the good Gov. Jennifer Granholm:
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If you didn't see the president' two feisty appearances in Detroit on Friday, here they are. The first one is especially recommended.
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(Official WH photo by Pete Souza)
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And just for the fun, here's Elizabeth Hasselback gushing all over her meeting with the president. This is hilarious.
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