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Charles M. Blow -- The G.O.P. Fact Vacuum

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Honesty is a lost art. Facts are for losers. The truth is dead. Pick one. Whatever the term of art, they all signal a dark turn, and, this week, the Republican Party took that turn with reckless abandon. ow can a party that incessantly repeats the mantra that our rights were granted by God repeatedly violate a basic tenet of almost every religion: truth-telling? What does it mean when a party that trafficks in American greatness trades in human horridness? Romney long ago demonstrated that he was willing to do anything and take any position -- even if they contradicted previous ones -- to make it to the White House. And while that may be fine for him, it shouldn't be fine with us.

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