Don't ya just love it? Kellyanne Conway, aid to President Trump, who in an interview with Chuck Todd explained that when the Whitehouse press secretary misstated the size of the inaugural crowd by a huge margin, she explained that the press secretary was presenting "Alternative facts." Alternative Facts? They were outright lies. Misinformation, okay, but alternative facts, no.
What in the world is an alternative fact? If you see a bird fly over, that's a fact. An alternative fact would be to call it a dump truck. Or a guy carrying a bouquet of flowers might be alternatively called a machinegun. How about milking cow which is alternatively called an M1A1 tank. I like the idea of standing next to a guy who is actually the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe. Now that's an alternative I could live with.
Then Kellyanne proceeded to change the subject without answering the question which was "Why did the president ask his press secretary to come out and give a falsehood in the very first press conference of the new administration?" She never did answer it, except for the alternative fact baloney. Not even a pretense of being embarrassed, she was pleased with herself and the press release that millions were on hand to see Mr. Trump get sworn in.
It appears that we're in for a long four years of lies, untruths, false news releases, deceit and putdowns and now alternative facts, I guess. The problem with all that is that we're never going to know what foul deeds are being done or not done by this administration. Those who voted for Mr. trump will be the most disappointed because they believed in him. He's gonna let them down, but not gracefully so.
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