That's Because It Never Happened, No. 818

Republicans have a long track record of wiping clean history that doesn't fit into their Fantasy World narrative.

For instance, the common Republican insistence that Reagan shrunk government or was fiscally responsible is pure myth. He never shrunk government and he tripled the national debt. To fit it into their make-believe world, Republicans simply rewrite history.

Another great example is how they've managed to convince people Barack Obama created the current budget deficit and has somehow ran up more debt than anyone.  As I've documented numerous times, the GOP is successful at rewriting history because Fox News routinely runs false news stories promoting the Republican Fantasy World version of history.  Like this very common every day story where they claim Obama has tripled the budget deficit when in fact he's done no such thing.

Anyone recall during the 2008 GOP national convention that Republicans were so desperate for America to forget George Bush that they had him address the convention via a video feed-- a convention that was as sparsely attended as a tooth pulling session at a dentist office.  And now that he's finally gone, he's never to be mentioned again.

So, as a member of such an organization it's only natural when you give a speech on the floor of the United States Senate that is filled with an enormous lie you simply have it erased from the record books.  Before you have it erased from history, though, you first have to explain that it was never meant to be taken as a factual statement. That my friends is how you get around facts standing in the way of your world.