Talk about stretching the truth just to look good. Plastic millionaire Nancy Pelosi proves once again she is not a responsible leader by lying through her teeth as she whips up eat-the-rich class hatred while flying around in her private jet.
Ed Lasky points to the Washington Post story concerning Pelosi’s outright lies concerning not only the facts about the Bush tax cut, but attributes the wild claims to the Congressional Budget Office as if no one else would check.
But they did. According to the Post:
In short, over two-thirds of the benefits did not, contrary to Mrs. Pelosi, go to the upper-end taxpayers and thus they could not be “the biggest contributor to the budget deficit.” Concluded PolitiFact: “In fact, all the numbers we looked at showed that tax cuts for the middle and lower incomes represent a larger slice of the revenue pie.” The fact-checking service called Mrs. Pelosi’s assertion to the contrary “false.” The fact that the speaker continues to repeat the canard proves that she isn’t about to let the facts get in the way of a good soundbite.
At least Trent Lott knew when to shut up.
=== Photo courtesy Pat Dollard, thanks to RS for the tip on this story.