Category Archives: liar

A rear-view glance at Lance

Posted on January 19, 2013 by oddmanout215

Between Lance Armstrong admitting he was doping and Jodie Foster coming out as a lesbian, it has been a rough week for the clueless. — Bill Mayer, Real Time, Jan. 18 I groan when the corporate media declare a new … Continue reading →

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Fake story about Romney rings true

Posted on November 1, 2012 by oddmanout215

Satirist Andy Borowitz in New Yorker, on what “pro-life” really means to Mittens: Hitting the campaign trail one day after the arrival of Superstorm Sandy, Republican nominee Mitt Romney tweaked his position on abortion today, saying he now supports it … Continue reading →

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Banking on ‘low-information’ voters

Posted on October 30, 2012 by oddmanout215

Has any presidential candidate in history lied more frequently and with as much squeaky-clean earnestness as Mitt Romney? Mainstream reporters would ask this question if they weren’t trained to equate telling the truth with being biased. They don’t ask, or … Continue reading →

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Binders full of lies

Posted on October 20, 2012 by oddmanout215

The topic of Paul Krugman’s Friday column was Mitt Romney’s failure to propose a credible jobs plan to bring down the unemployment rate. The upshot of it was that Romney is far less serious about creating jobs than Barack Obama, … Continue reading →

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Bound to be a hit

Posted on October 18, 2012 by oddmanout215

Mitt Romney was describing his efforts to recruit women cabinet members while he was governor of Massachusetts — utter bullshit, of course — when he used the bizarre phrase “binders full of women.” I imagined some kinky Mormon rite taking … Continue reading →

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Well played, Barry, but what about jobs?

Posted on October 17, 2012 by oddmanout215

Standing up to lying scoundrels was never your strong suit, Barry, and you hit a new low in the first debate, so it was a relief to see you kick butt when the Romneybot unleashed a fusillade of new lies … Continue reading →

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Ryan dons apron to dish out big lie

Posted on October 17, 2012 by oddmanout215

Matt Taibbi made a good point regarding Joe Biden’s demeanor in his debate with Paul Ryan — laughter is entirely appropriate when your opponent’s lies are so big and so numerous that you can’t keep up with correcting them. From … Continue reading →

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Tinted windows (a pre-debate rant)

Posted on October 16, 2012 by oddmanout215

Odd Man Out is down but not quite out, despite an ongoing reversal of fortune that has left me in debt and without health insurance. Just thought I’d let you know, in case you wondered why I post so infrequently … Continue reading →

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‘Bravado’ as euphemism for lying

Posted on October 10, 2012 by oddmanout215

Frank Bruni recently argued that Mitt Romney won his first debate with Barack Obama because he showed more “bravado,” which Bruni seems to think is the one character trait common to all successful politicians. In making his point, Bruni dodged … Continue reading →

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Outburst by Ron Paul fans does not compute

Posted on August 29, 2012 by oddmanout215

It didn’t get much mainstream media play compared to Ann Romney’s kitsch-y speech, but I’ll bet the chanting was almost disorderly enough to fry the Romneybot’s hard drive: Delegates were finding their seats on the floor of the Republican National … Continue reading →

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