Banana Republicans

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/04/bond-no-you-guys-are-running-a-banana-republic.php

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McCain: "In Banana Republics they prosecute people for actions they didn't agree with under previous administrations."

Bond: "This whole thing about punishing people in past administrations reminds me more of a Banana Republic than the United States of America. We don't criminally prosecute people we disagree with when we change office. There are lots of questions that could have been asked of the Clinton administration failing to recognize the war on terror. They did not. The Bush administration went forward, and that's the way our country should. The President said he was going to be forward looking and now he has opened up the stab in the back."

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Some have suggested these folks are employing double-speak, that they really can hold contradictory ideas in their head like that. I disagree.

It's not double speak. It's projection. They know what they are doing and saying.

These right-wingers in the form of Banana Republicans took over the country and ran it into the ground. Now when there is an opportunity to hold those of them who broke the law accountable, their defenders try to twist the meaning in an attempt to poison the public debate (with the media's help).

The best way to respond is with the facts wherever and whenver possible. And not lose focus. Never let a distortion or lie go unchallenged.