{"id":26449,"date":"2012-02-16T19:22:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T02:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/16\/lies-damned-lies-statistics-and-evil-democratic-lying-lies.html"},"modified":"2012-02-17T06:39:59","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T13:39:59","slug":"lies-damned-lies-statistics-and-evil-democratic-lying-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/16\/lies-damned-lies-statistics-and-evil-democratic-lying-lies.html","title":{"rendered":"Lies, damned lies, statistics, AND EVIL DEMOCRATIC LYING LIES!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. Obama is evil.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore,<\/p>\n<p>2. If the economic numbers are bad, it is proof of #1, because he is tanking the economy in order to impose a Secular Muslim Communist Tyranny over the United States.<\/p>\n<p>3. If the economic numbers are good, it is proof of #1, because obviously it&#39;s all a lie by the White House and the Liberal Media in order to impose a Secular Muslim Communist Tyranny over the United States.<\/p>\n<p>QED.  #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fthinkprogress.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2Fsarah_palin-e1329415382580.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/economy\/2012\/02\/16\/426895\/sarah-palin-media-conspiracy-economy\/'>Conservative Echo Chamber Rejects Facts, Claims Positive Economic Data Is A Conspiracy To Help Obama<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis morning brought two new signs that the economy is improving: a four-year low in weekly unemployment claims and record profits at GM, which was nearly left for dead just a few years ago until inte&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Obama is evil. Therefore, 2. If the economic numbers are bad, it is proof of #1, because he is tanking the economy in order to impose a Secular Muslim Communist Tyranny over the United States. 3. 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