Jeb Bush became the latest Republican to accuse President Obama of attacking Catholics by relocating the U.S. Embassy to the Vatican. In a tweet sent out on Wednesday, the former Florida governor questioned if Obama closed down the Embassy as “retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare”:
Ironically, the process of moving the embassy from its current location to the compound at the U.S. Embassy to Italy began under Jeb’s brother, President George W. Bush, whose administration purchased the buildings. The new location is actually a tenth of a mile closer to the Vatican and the move will come with no reduction in staff or activities.
This is how the right-wing lie machine works folks. Manufacture some purely insipid, and totally made up outrage and then when confronted with the truth, double down on that outrage. Next -- enlist Fox "News" and prominent conservatives to propagate it through conservative media outlets, and voila! - the sheep will obediently follow.
It is sad that our society has devolved to this point, but on the positive side, it motivates people like The Gadfly to speak out and debunk the lies and bullshit.
Join the cause. Don't let the liars and the bullshitters to dominate the public discussion of issues.
----TFG
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