ala, David Letterman ... Here are The Top Ten Republican Myths and other such "stuff that they just make up" (as the President puts it). "Stuff" that Republicans simply "assert to be true" ... all without bringing any sort of objective evidence or proof ...
10) Republicans have strong moral values.
9) Republicans are the Party of Fiscal Responsibility.
Source A
8) Welfare reduces the incentive to work -- Unemployment Insurance encourages laziness.
7) The best government is that which governs the least -- Govt IS the Problem.
Source B
6) Unionized public employees make more money, get more generous benefits, and enjoy greater job security than the working families forced to pay for it ...
Source C
5) Public employees are NOT the "real" Tax Payers.
Source D
4) Supply-Side Reaganomics will eventually "Trickle down" and "Lift all Boats".
Source E
3) Tax Cuts to the Rich will Create Jobs.
Source F
2) Global warming is too uncertain to act on, since there is a debate among scientists about the basic facts.
Source G
1) The Social Security system is going Broke!
Source H
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Source A: 5 Republican Myths -- The Heretic's Corner -- 2006-03-02
Source B: Top 5 Republican Myths -- Clinton McMillen, Yahoo! Contributor Network -- Nov 16, 2007
Source C: Republican Myths in the GOP War on Public Employees -- RolandC, auburnjournal.com -- 2/22/11
Source D: Please, Lend pea-brained Walker -- a piece of your Mind! -- jamess -- Feb 20, 2011
Source E: Top Down solutions, and other such myths -- jamess -- Dec 03, 2010
Source E: Business Owners speak: Tax Cuts don't Create Jobs -- they Create Deficits -- jamess -- Apr 06, 2011
Source G: Global Warming Myths and Facts -- Environmental Defense Fund -- 01-Jan-1998
Source H: Your Business: Get the most out of Social Security -- Michael Donahoe, April 26, 2011 -- Portland Press Herald
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Perhaps the GOP finds it easier to to assert Falsehoods, and repeat their long-held fabled Myths, than to actually prove them.
Afterall as GW Bush once said, "Fact Checking is Hard Work!"
No wonder it so rarely happens.