First, You Say Something Stupid, Then You Lie About It, but It's On Video

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No, not Blumenthal, he fessed up in the back-handed way that pols do.

I mean Sue Lowden, who is a Republican running for US Senate against Harry Reid in Nevada.

First, she suggests that people should barter chickens for medical care, and does not have the good sense to say she meant, "Bargain," and now she is denying that she ever said this.

The problem is that she has been caught on video repeatedly making just such a statement, so let's roll tape, specifically the inestimable Rachel Maddow.

The first rule is that when you are in a hole, stop digging.

The former anchor woman turned politico brings to mind the immortal Don Henley lyric, "We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blond who Comes on at five, She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam In her eye."

In any case, she may be Harry Reid's electoral salvation.

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