Just Count The Lies, #2

I'm afraid the that Repubs are winning the "Most Lies" contest with not much competition. Here's what our friend Paul Krugman has to say on the results of Tuesday's GOP convention activities and speeches:

..., I get the essence. The GOP campaign is based on five main themes, three negative and two positive.

Negative:

The claim that Obama denigrated businessmen, saying that they didn’t build their own firms — which isn’t true.

The claim that Obama has gutted Medicare to pay for the expansion of health insurance — which isn’t true.

The claim that Obama has eliminated the work requirement for welfare — which isn’t true.

Positive:

The claim that Ryan has a plan to balance the budget — which isn’t true.

The claim that Romney has a plan for economic recovery — which isn’t true.

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Five lies in five tries is pretty impressive.