A series of them in fact.
I am absolutely incensed at the unfair treatment to which Jon Kyl, a man whose status as a US Senator proves that national decline is not imminent but in fact is occurring as we breathe, has been subjected. I especially abhor the relentless attacks upon this man by Stephen Colbert, attacks such as this (give it a couple of minutes; he gets there):
Colbert has, more astoundingly, followed up this vicious attack with a series of tweets, featuring various statements about Kyl that he claims are not intended to be factual statements
You may ask, why is this unfair. After all, Kyl did lie about Planned Parenthood.
That’s absolutely true, but I believe in equitable treatment and I ask, why single out Kyl? Barely a phrase escapes the lips of a national Republican that is intended to be a factual statement. Why, here’s the latest, and no one is going after this Bozo. Paul Ryan proposed an entire budget that wasn’t intended to contain any factual statements, and not only has he escaped criticism, he’s been lionized as a guy of enormous courage, which indeed he is. It takes a lot of courage to take on the poor and the elderly in order to enrich the rich Republican donor class. It’s unfair to Kyl to build an entire political culture around the premise that Republicans are allowed to lie and then, completely out of the blue, pick on him for special treatment.
Besides, if anyone should understand Kyl’s disconnect from the facts, it should be Colbert. He, more than anyone, should understand that the actual facts are irrelevant, so long as the statement is replete with truthiness, and who can fault Kyl, or any of the logic impaired Republicans, on that score? So long as it felt true when he said it, he has been true to himself and the Republican ethos.
Kyl deserves an apology. Criticizing him for lying is like complaining that garbage stinks. We have no right to expect anything else.
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