How many times do you tell a lie until it becomes the truth?

So, I was wrong.

I’ve been wrong before, it’s nothing new. However, on this item I was completely out of left field.

You see, on this particular item I was wrong. I was wrong last year when I said out loud that the Atlanta Falcons would beat the Patriots in the final minutes of the SB. Of course, that was before they keeled over like a catholic school altar boy who found the stash of wine and decided to sample it. I was wrong when I said that Barack Obama would not get elected (of course that was before Chris Christie decided to roll over like a trained seal two days before the election to praise the ineptitude of both himself and Barack on the recovery efforts from Hurricane Sandy. Of which people are still recovering from some 5 years later. But, hey, progress takes time, right? Have another donut Chris) and I was wrong when I said that there was no way that Rachel Maddow would make a colossal ass out of herself Geraldo style with the tax forms of Donald Trump. But, this, I never imagined.

I never fathomed that the press would have nothing better to do but to continually attack the President of the United States 24/7 without taking a breath.

Oh, we’ve seen relentless attacking by the press before on a President of the United States. Nixon was everything from a cry baby to an icon for everything that was wrong with the Presidency. Barack had the Birthers, the University transcripters, and even the “Not our President” morons.

This has been unprecedented, and to be honest, rather comical.

Granted, the President himself brings a lot of this upon himself. His OCD use of tweets makes him an easy target. His train of consciousness missives in 140 characters or less lend no leeway, no context variations and certainly no ‘nudge nudge wink wink’ inflections. No, they blast the social media airwaves like a blast to the face.

Or, if you prefer, like monkey shit thrown at another.

The most recent ‘firestorm’ is the alleged use of the word ‘shithole’ in describing some of the countries that past administrations have allowed refugees to come from.

Interestingly enough, it appears that only on person has gone on record to affirm that statement.

Dicky Durbin, the Senate minority whip, himself always an also ran, has been burning up the airwaves with his statement. And, of course, the willing recipients in the press, my aforementioned ‘junior journalists’ have been more than willing to brandish the pitchfork and torch to bring down the Monster Trump.

But, here’s the thing: The President has denied it, and no one else has confirmed it.

So, who’s right and who’s wrong?

The President has moved on however the press has definitely not. They have run this story so many times that it’s akin to a beaten horse. Only this time the horse isn’t even recognizable anymore.

Which brings me full circle to my original statement: How many times do you tell a lie before it becomes truth?

Has this what journalism has evolved into? As I mentioned in previous missives, journalism is no longer about facts, it is about innuendo and opinion. It doesn’t matter that this entire ‘story’ has been built upon hearsay, it is truth to the many that want to believe it.

After all, perception is reality, and if we insist that someone saw Nelson Mandela violating a white woman then it is true. Isn’t it? It doesn’t matter what the truth is, it is merely what we want to believe.

Thus, the state of journalism as it stands now. If we want to believe something then it must be true. To the birthers Barack Obama was born in Kenya, rode lions, ate antelope, and was never an American Citizen. To the Nixon haters it didn’t matter that Richard didn’t screw his interns, it was that he was the devil incarnate. And, to the Trump haters it’s rather obvious that he is the antichrist of the modern world.

It matters not that since he took office the economy has steamrolled, Patriotism has hit a peak, and public involvement has become a high point. No, what the truth is that he will destroy the free world as he parades around the Oval Office with no pants on while singing Wagner’s Gotterdamerung and reading Mein Kampf.

And, the sad part is, most people will believe it.

So, I guess our answer to the question is: as many times as it takes to convince you. Facts be damned.

Oh, it also brought about such indignation from such luminaries as Will.I.Am who spent his vast mind on the indignation brought upon Haiti by the President. This coming from a man who was born in L.A., gives no money to Haiti, and heck, is richer than the majority of us. Tell you what, Will.I.Am, put your Mo.n.ey where your M.ou.th is. Put money into Haiti if you care so much, because, according to you official website the only thing you put money into besides your own pocket is a small college fund in California.

Again, I will conclude with the repeated message: Examine what you’re being told and  question everything. Just because someone tells you a duck fucks a rhinoceros doesn’t make it true.

Oh, and is the President really wrong about his alleged statements about Haiti and other certain countries? Countries that seem to be habitually in the news for citizen atrocities and strife? Oh, maybe we should adopt socialism like the great republic of Venezuela.

Ciao!