Pennsylvanians are getting a lot of political ads and messaging right now because of the primary, but this could go for everybody:
Do you feel bombarded with political messages that are confusing? Do you have a sneaking suspicion that the information you are getting is deceptive at best or might just be a straight out lie? I
If you don't happen to know about this site, factcheck.org allows you to check the accuracy of what is said by politicians in debates, speeches, interviews and whether the attacks you see in TV ads or mailers are accurate. It's a great resource for all year round, but particularly now when it seems political coverage is like electronic wallpaper. it's important to decipher fact from fiction. If you get a dubious mailer or doubt the veracity of a claim send it to editor@factcheck.org and they will debunk it for you.
Comments (4)
Start collecting your Obamaisms! It would be an appropriate and through befitting, complementary companion volume to Bushisms!While campaigning in Pennsylvania Sen. Barack Obama was talking about young girls and sex. He mentioned he had two young daughters and aged six and nine. He talked about the importance of instilling moral values in children, and he said they should also know how to protect themselves, because they should not be "punished with a baby!"
For all my life I have never heard such a thing-- even in the worst circumstances of an unwanted pregnancy--that any other human being on this planet earth used the phrase;
" Punished with a baby...!"
Posted by: charleschaplin on April 6, 2008 14:01
I was infuriated by him flirting with female minimum wage factory workers in Allentown, and calling one "sweetie." To me that's like a white politician in a factory calling one of the workers "boy."
Obam, the sensitive uniter asked another if he gave her a kiss would she take off her Hillary button. I would have stabbed him with it.
Posted by: john b on April 6, 2008 17:44
What more do people need to see on what the Clintons are about in supporting Washingon Lobbyists than the Mark Penn scandal. Also what about the uninsured woman in Ohio who she said was refused treatment now we know that's a lie. Do you want this person picking up the phone at 3:00 AM who can't get her facts right on much of anything.
Posted by: coolhandluke on April 7, 2008 08:08
Man this could take up my whole day fact checking these politicos.
Posted by: Kevin on April 14, 2008 09:03