A Case Study in Bullshit: Obama's "200 Million A Day" Trip

Yeggo

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Thu Nov-04-10 02:49 PM
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A Case Study in Bullshit: Obama's "200 Million A Day" Trip

Once upon a time, I was a fresh-faced youngster trying to figure out how to make it easier for voters to get information about my clients. Information used to be too hard to come by. Today, it's too damn easy.

I know when someone REALLY wants to believe something, they suspend disbelief. But THIS is just ridiculous:

http://conversation101.squarespace.com/conservative/2010/11/4/the-new-age-of-information.html

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emulatorloo

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Thu Nov-04-10 02:53 PM
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1. Another good debunk here:

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/obamas-india-trip-costing-200-million-a-day-dont-believe-it/

Obama�s India Trip Costing $ 200 Million A Day? Don�t Believe It

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Yeggo

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Thu Nov-04-10 02:59 PM
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2. Thanks...

I'll attach that to the original posting.

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BlueState

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Thu Nov-04-10 04:17 PM
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5. Another great thing about your link...

Edited on Thu Nov-04-10 05:07 PM by BlueState

...it includes a video of Michelle Bachman who is stupid enough to believe these inflated figures and quotes them
as examples of the types of things that can be cut to reduce the budget deficit.

How does anybody take these people seriously?

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Dappleganger

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Thu Nov-04-10 03:04 PM
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4. A direct link to snopes

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/india.asp

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