I'm not sure if Hannity and Fox News just make stuff up as they go along or if they really put some effort into misleading the masses. They say pathological liars don't require much premeditation to conjure up something to get them through until their next lie. So maybe that's the mode of operation at Fox. Just set pathological liars down in front of the camera and let them do their thing. However they eventually decide to transmit their lies, one thing is certain: they have no limits. Hannity tried it again two days ago but this time he did it with Saint Ronnie.
SEAN HANNITY: You know, Conservative Victory, I identify myself as a Reagan conservative...Just like Bush did not create 10 million new jobs, Reagan did not create 21 million. Actually Bush had a net job creation of ZERO. It was the first decade since the Great Depression that America did not witness job creation. What a great legacy! No wonder Republicans like Hannity have to lie to keep people from knowing the truth.
GRETA VAN SUSTERN: What is that?
HANNITY: Reagan conservative? It's simple. You know, Reagan was magical in terms of... He inherited... Wanna talk about the worst economy since the Great Depression? You know, interest rates were twenty-one and a half percent, double-digit unemployment, inflation was out of control, and Reagan came into office and he said "we can reverse this." And all the Democrats at the time said "you know what, it's not going to work, Reaganomics is going to fail." He drops the top marginal rates from seventy to twenty-eight percent... Lo and behold revenues in eight years doubled to the federal government... Twenty-one million new jobs are created and it ends up, at that point in time, being the longest period of peacetime economic growth in American history. It worked.
Though Reagan did see job creation, he by no means created 21 million new jobs. Instead the number is ~16 million. Now that's nothing to laugh at. So why lie about it? Oh, it's because Hannity is a pathological liar that's why. But we can't stop there with uncovering Hannity's complete insanity. Look at his claim that Reagan doubled federal revenue. How true is that?
It's still a lie. Revenue during the Reagan years increased no doubt about that. In terms of raw numbers it increased 51%. Adjusted for inflation, it increased about 15%. So maybe he's a little off on that. Close right? When you consider every president since WWII witnessed an increase in revenue including Clinton's increase of 75%, Reagan really is no stand out. And you can't possibly conclude Reagonomics contributed to the increase when EVERY PRESIDENT SAW AN INCREASE. Except that's exactly what Hannity does. It's called the modern Republican movement. When your legacy doesn't equal your so-called principles, lie.
Again, I'll remind everyone. If you bring this sort of stuff up, you are only demonstrating your hatred of America and your complete disregard for fair and balanced journalism. Not to mention you are only siding with the terrorists when you point out conservatism has nothing to do with Reagan or Bush.
