Paul Krugman: 'Welcome to post-truth politics'

[Daily Kos]

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Continuing the theme of "Mitt Romney is a prolific liar whose entire campaign strategy is based on repeatedly saying a bunch of alternate-history nonsense that isn't even remotely true," here is Paul Krugman:

Over all, Mr. Obama’s positions on economic policy resemble those that moderate Republicans used to espouse. Yet Mr. Romney portrays the president as the second coming of Fidel Castro and seems confident that he will pay no price for making stuff up.

Welcome to post-truth politics.

Why does Mr. Romney think he can get away with this kind of thing? [...]

[T]here’s a common theme to these whoppers and a number of other things Mr. Romney has said: the strategy is clearly to portray the president as a suspect character, someone who doesn’t share American values. And since Mr. Obama has done and said nothing to justify this portrait, Mr. Romney just invents stuff to make his case.

But won’t there [...]

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