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republicans also get off on the idea that they see the truth that everyone else is too stupid to see.

i remember after GWB took us into iraq and it became clear there were no WMDs i spoke to a handful of republicans who admitted that they knew there was no terrorism link to iraq but they thought GWB was brilliant for managing to convince the unwashed masses that there was. it's as though they convinced themselves that the lies were okay, as long as they identified the lies and felt like they were part of a minority of people that was smart enough to know the truth.