Don't hold your breath waiting for the media to focus on Rudy's lies!

Seriously, if the media attacked Gore for his comments about funding the Intertoobz, and twisted it to portray Gore as claiming to fresking INVENT the Intertoobz, then don't epxect them to count the number of times that Rudy has pulled fake numbers out of his ass. That said, we should be thankful that CNN finally caught-up to Rudy on this story. But it took many op-eds (espeically the one by Krugman) to make this a news story.

Obviously someone at CNN screwed up. They were supposed to report the facts the day after Election Day 2008.

Cross-dressing Rudy and Pat “I hate gays, minorities, and brown people” Robertson both were screeching about needing more "conservative judges"....imagine the fake outrage from the reich-wing if someone on the left stated we needed more "liberal judges".

Holy crap. Steve Benen's been keeping a running tally of Rudy's fibs. Just look at that list would you?

The serial exaggerator just can’t help himself
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/13499.html

damn. Rudy's going straight to hell. He sure isn't going to be able to find a NYC firefighter to put those pants out for him.

that is absolutely scary. the man is a liar. the media won't investigate and call him on the lies. he just keeps smiling and piling on the lies. by my calculations, that puts him in the forefront of the republican candidates. he qualifies.

hmm, being informed about the facts, but still making a false claims in a speech.
I can swear something happened like this happened a few years ago.............

Guiliani lies and lies. And his stupid captured audience gobbles it up.

But the MSM has already 'endorsed' Guiliani and Hillary. Afterall, they are noise-makers. Who wants a boring president that will bring prosperity ? How you succeed in sweeps week with prosperity??!

WTF...Pat Robertson endorses Guili?! ...Hahahaha. Just like sheep, Dobson will follow.

Greg Sargent has just caught Rudy telling “three lies in one sentence” yesterday.

That's got to be some sort of a record.

Liars Lie. Compulsive Liars Lie all the time.

Orangutan. @ 18:

Liars Lie. Compulsive Liars Lie all the time.

Rudy Mussolini reminds me of the compulsive liar character Jon Lovitz played on SNL. Since his bankrupt philosophy is a bust, lying and distortion are the only tools they have left.

How can you tell if someone is a pathological liar?

Pathological liars, or "mythomaniacs," may be suffering from histrionic personality disorder or narcissistic personality disorder. The following comments basically reflect a pathological liar who has the characteristics of histrionic personality disorder.

Some characteristics:

1. Exaggerates things that are ridiculous.

2. One-upping. Whatever you do, this person can do it better. You will never top them in their own mind, because they have a concerted need to be better than everyone else. This also applies to being right. If you try to confront an individual like this, no matter how lovingly and well-intentioned you might be - this will probably not be effective. It's threatening their fantasy of themselves, so they would rather argue with you and bring out the sharp knives than admit that there's anything wrong with them.

3. They "construct" a reality around themselves. They don't value the truth, especially if they don't see it as hurting anyone. If you call them on a lie and they are backed into a corner, they will act very defensively and say ugly things (most likely but depends on personality), but they may eventually start to act like, "Well, what's the difference? You're making a big deal out of nothing!" (again, to refocus the conversation to your wrongdoing instead of theirs).

4. Because these people don't value honesty, a lot of times they will not value loyalty. So watch what you tell them. They will not only tell others, but they will embellish to make you look worse. Their loyalty is fleeting, and because they are insecure people, they will find solace in confiding to whomever is in their favor at the moment. ...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_can_you_tell_if_someone_is_a_pathological_...

All I can say is "I told you so".

I'm still waiting for someone to start bringing up his eminent domain issues. Im sure that will scare the shit out of people who love real estate.

Rudy will do anything to get the Arthur laffer cult in his back pocket

Um, but 92% US vs 71% Great Britain is still an apparant 21% US mortal advantage. Even if a doctor says they're essentially the same, that isn't going to cut it for a lot of people for reasons that make perfect logical sense. The great Krugman himself failed to explain that one on the grounds that it's too complicated, although he did mention that British men tend to wait longer than their American counterparts to get checked for the big C.

Overall, CNN makes it look as though Rudy's remains valid, even if he did exaggerate the difference, while pro national healthcare advocates look as though they're not being completely honest about the efficacy of state run health care.

No propaganda victory here, folks. Sorry. It's illusional.

The Republicans won't nominate this ass now. You have to be able to tell convincing lies to get into a Republican White House.

We are in serious trouble if Rudy wins the repub nomination.

Remember Cheney said he made his millions in the private sector

The Lying King http://www.flickr.com/photos/24345537@N00/130284120/

patty @ 32:

We are in serious trouble if Rudy wins the repub nomination.

Cross-dressing Rudy is the best hope for a Dem victory. The so-called [reich-wing] "values voter" will be staying home in masses come Nov next year if s/he gets the nod. They won't vote a "Librul Yankee New Yorker" as a representative of the reich-wing party.

Trying to picture Rudy as a New Yawk-er kid lying and exaggerating to the kids his Mom paid to play with him:

"My Dad's a MILLION times bigger than yours!"

"I met Mickey Mantle - he was at my house last night for dinner. He's from the Yankees, my favorite team...oh wait, I meant the Red Sox are. No wait, darn...whoever you guys are a fan of, so am I!"

And the biggest lie/exaggeration of all - "I'm going to be President one day!"

Right, Rudy...suuuuuuuure you will, you vicious, lying sack of shit!

How can anyone seriously consider this lying mo-fo for the president of the United States? He's a lying liar and an outright crook! Is there no shred of decency or shame in these idiots who claim they want to lead this country? I'm appalled that Rudy gets up and lies time after time after time... what does he think?! that nobody will check the facts or call him on his bullshit?! WTF!?

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I see a major problem with this type of behavior. Kucinich just introduced articles of impeachment for Dick Cheney because of his bending and stretching of statistical data with intent to engage us in a war with Iraq. Guliani not only bends and stretches statistics, he seems to just down right make shit up!

my wonderment is when the media bs artists are going to call him out on his lies...matthews, russert, williams, hume,,,hello are you out there????

Don't look now Rudy but your pants are on fire.

And your nose is as long as a telephone wire too.

Rudy must have attended the "George Bush Seminar on Being a Crook and Despicable Scumbag." He is a bold liar, a crook, a friend to numerous crooks, a warmonger and wannabe torture artist.

Furthermore, they both look like well known fictional characters: Ichabod Crane and Colonel Wilhelm Klink. Except that Ichabod had more courage than Bush and Klink had more intelligence than Rudy.

Yep, Rudy is a serial liar, which makes him the perfect candidate for the Presidency! I agree that it's nice to see a network call him out on his false claims, but will this really make a difference with his support base? What does this guy have to do to make it more obvious that he's the devil incarnate? Get divorced four more times? Perhaps start knocking door to door at the homes of 9/11 wives and start taking photos with them, holding up a picture of a collapsing WTC 1 while saying..."9/11...9/11...I was there on 9/11."

What a jackass this guy is.

Dr. Matt @ 36:

hieronymus "the troll" braintree @ 29:

Um, that should read "Rudy's point remains valid..." Sorry.

No, actually it doesn't. The difference in survival rates has NOTHING to do with socialized medicine. The US has a much better early detection/screening program than any other country in the world. By detecting ANY cancer earlier, survival rates increase...it's a simple fact. Again, this has NOTHING to with socialized medicine. Rudy's point does not remain valid...sorry.

If you'll go back and read the original post it say it "looks" as if Rudy's point, etc. You're right on the facts but the impression given by the newscast actually shakes out in Rudy's favor. That's my point. Rudy's a jerk.

hieronymus "the troll" braintree @ 28:

Um, but 92% US vs 71% Great Britain is still an apparant 21% US mortal advantage. Even if a doctor says they're essentially the same, that isn't going to cut it for a lot of people for reasons that make perfect logical sense. The great Krugman himself failed to explain that one on the grounds that it's too complicated, although he did mention that British men tend to wait longer than their American counterparts to get checked for the big C.

Overall, CNN makes it look as though Rudy's remains valid, even if he did exaggerate the difference, while pro national healthcare advocates look as though they're not being completely honest about the efficacy of state run health care.

No propaganda victory here, folks. Sorry. It's illusional.

Yes and no. The stats may be a little worse for Britains NHS, but countries like Denmark and Germany have better survival rates than us. The problem, as usual, is the boneheaded way the debate is framed.

All advanced nations except the United States have taxpayer-supported healthcare systems which do not allow private for-profit insurance companies anywhere near primary care. Beyond that, they're all different. Britain's NHS is the closest to the dread 'socialized medicine' these lunkheads are always on about. Doctors are government employees and hospitals are run by the state. There is, however, a paralell private system for those who can afford it.

Most other countries use some form of public/private partnerships. Canada, for instance, functions a lot like medicare does here. Doctors work for themselves, government picks up the tab. Insurance premiums are reasonable (I paid $54 a month in 2003, the last year I lived up there) there is no such thing as a co-pay or a pre-existing condition. Nobody goes bankrupt because of medical bills, because there aren't any. Sure my taxes were a little higher, but I actual have more deductions on my check here, because I pay more than six times more for health insurance so shabby a Canadian polititian would get run out of office for proposing anything like it.

My point is that if we had any sense we'd look at all these various other ways of doing things and cherry pick the stuff that works best. Then we really would have 'the best health care system in the world' instead of just saying (very loudly over and over) that we do. The fact that we can't even have the discussion without these goobers screaming about 'socialized medicine' is precisely why we're stuck with the clusterfuck we have.

Give it rest already. Pounce on something worth discussing, like if they actually have a consistant thought about something that really matters: Immigration, health, Taxes, Security. We all know Politicians lie, tell us something we don't know: like the answers to important questions. Listneing to the herd of bloggers is like watching farm animals run as they wave the dog in from the field, funny and silly all at once..LOL

There are some pretty funny posters over at Jesus' General about some of Rudy's "accomplishments".

He's a good, plain and simple. All I need to know.

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"according to a lot of the folks we talked to, in fact, all of the folks we talked to" what a strange way to say something. It wasn't a lot it was all of them but she just couldn't bring herself to say it right in the beginning.

Forget about Rudy we know his story but this Elizabeth Cohen is a babe