The same disregard for reality has been the hallmark not only of the Republican campaign but of the entire Republican Party in recent times. When the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued a report in October showing that the national unemployment rate remained “essentially unchanged at 7.9%,” Republican operatives sought to discredit the highly respected BLS.
类似的否认事实不仅成了共和党阵营的标志，也是近几年来整个共和党的特征。当劳工统计局发布的10月报告显示全国失业率维持“7.9%基本不变”时，共和党开始炮轰信誉卓著的劳工统计局。当民调显示罗姆尼落后于总统奥巴马时，他们炮轰民调结果。当无党派的国会研究局（Congressional Research Service，CRS）报告共和党税收计划不能提振经济增长时，共和党参议员们强迫CRS收回报告。