This article refers to Friedman's article in NY Times - Reading this article by Friedman on how Anderson Cooper had a coup by busting the claims of the tea party leaders and the GOP that President Obama was spending $200 mil per day for his India trip, one thing that strikes me is how hesitant all these journalists/media people are to reveal the truth. Friedman talks about how the elected reps and right-wing rabble rousers are quoting wrong facts because they did not bother to check the information from apparently 'unknown' and now proved incorrect sources. That is the biggest grandstand since the time the republicans said that they went into Iraq because they assumed the intelligence on WMD to be true. Oh common, are you really smarter than a fifth grader? Even neaderthals like the tea party leaders will know that there is a big difference between 2 and $200 million. If nothing their campaign funding battles would make them aware of what a big amount $200 million is. The talk about using half the navy or whatever is also too ridiculous to explain it by an innocent 'oh, I did not bother to check'.

I think it's time to take the sugar coating out of the coverage on the tea party and show them for vile venomous vipers that they are. There are two kinds of people in this country now, people who know that the lies about Obama's trip expenses were deliberately propogated just to further vilify the president's image, and is just a continuation of the campaign of deception that started after Obama's election, and the other type of people are the people who actually believe it. It is obvious that Cooper and Friedman both know that the lies were deliberately spread by the people mentioned but they are afraid to spell it out in case they get sued or something of that sort. But if they don't have the 'cojones' for that then please don't talk about exemplary journalism. Cooper did a great job by revealing the truth, but if they cannot go all the way and state that it has to be a deliberate distortion then we will do it for them. These lies and deceptions won't cut it anymore for the tea party, for the tsunami of truth will sweep you far away by 2012. Watch the ground under your feet, for it's going to be yanked away from under you very soon.

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