And notice the Romney supporters in the crowd, utterly clueless that he's lying through his teeth to them, but willing to believe THE WORST possible things about President Obama. Now why would that be? Perhaps because there's been an unrelenting assault on Obama since the 2008 general election campaign, in which Republicans accuse him of being any or all of the following: not really an American; a "Kenyan anti-colonialist;" a "Communist;" someone who supposedly "apologizes for America;" "corrupt;" etc, etc. Of course, NONE of those things are even remotely true, but that hasn't stopped post-truth Republicans from saying them anyway. And the media? Basically, they've been AWOL, with the exception of networks like Fox, which have been even WORSE, actively aiding and abetting the Big Lie strategy. It's truly appalling, and if we had a well-informed, engaged citizenry, Romney and his McCarthyite brethren would be told where to shove it. Unfortunately, many people are "informed" by Faux, etc. That's what we're fighting, and we'd better all be on our game the next four months, because this s*** is unrelenting.
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