I am sick of Republican lies.

That’s all they have is lies. Lies about who they are (see Gov. Sanford, Sen. Craig, Rep. Foley, Rep. Vitter, Sen. Ensign, and a whole troop of others), lies about what they stand for (same list), lies about what their agenda is (see “Family Values” plus same list), lies about us and what we stand for (see every word that comes out of their mouths about Democrats), lies about their own legislation when they propose it (see Orwell and such stellar examples as the Clear Skies Act of 2003) , and lies about our legislation (see every word that comes out of their mouths about Democratic legislation).

And I’m sick of the BIG LIE Boehner, McCain and others keep trotting out, the one that puts the American people resoundingly against healthcare reform.

Brrzzzzt. Not true. No way, no how. False. A lie of the highest order. Couldn’t be farther from the truth, in fact.

Oh, it’s true that the American people aren’t totally crazy about THIS bill, this particular Senate bill, but they absolutely do approve of and want heathcare reform and especially reform with the public option.

“Even Republicans favor the public option when given an accurate definition of it,” a fact which also offers a gigantic clue as to why Republicans have to lie again and again and again. Without lies, they’ve got nothing, and would have little (and dwindling) support of any kind for any thing because when the people genuinely understand an issue, they consistently favor the Democratic position on it.

At least 4 different surveys showed that the public option had more support than opposition.

But what do we hear from Boehner and every other GOPer who is given a mic? That the Democrats are going to suffer massive defeat in November for “going against the will of the American people,” which actually is true in a sense they don’t intend: the Democrats did go against the will of the American people by not giving us a public option.

Of course, you gotta love orange John for his touching concern about Democrats holding Congress through the mid-term elections this fall. We’re absolutely sure he has our best interests at heart. Methinks Rahm had it right:

“The Republican leadership,” Mr. Emanuel said, “has made a strategic decision that defeating President Obama’s health care proposal is more important for their political goals than solving the health insurance problems that Americans face every day.”