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By CJP | February 18, 2008
 What better day for our weekly Tour of Truth through the Internet than on the day we celebrate the birthday of George "Cherry Tree" Washington?
Our first president could not tell a lie, but guess who can? Presidential campaigns. Sometimes the lies are accidental misstatements; sometimes they're big, fat, on-purpose smears. But every week, we're going to tell you who's playing it straight and who would get ten lashes from GW's dad, if he was still around. Now onto the Tour of Truth:
- Who would be covered by Clinton's and Obama's "universal health care" plans? That depends on what the meaning of "universal" is. FackCheck.org finds that, because Obama's plan is optional, 15 to 20 million people would likely not sign themselves up and would go uncovered. Clinton's obligatory plan would have only about one million people uninsured, but her ad doesn't mention the controversial detail that the feds might dip into people's paychecks without their permission to cover the costs of insurance. Two pretty big doozies. [FactCheck.org]
- PolitiFact looks at Bill Clinton's statement, "Everything I said on the campaign trail is factually accurate." Clinton gets a "Pants on Fire" rating for that one. PolitiFact notes that Clinton mischaracterized Obama's position on Iraq, and was just wrong when accused Obama of saying "Republicans had all the good ideas." Obama said the Republicans had "ideas," not "good ideas."[PolitiFact]
- "Fact Checker" from the Washington Post looks into a Mitt Romney ad accusing John McCain of being closer to Hillary Clinton on the issues than to Republicans. Even though Romney is out, this analysis speaks to some of the complaints we're still hearing from Conservatives, so we thought the column was valuable. The Post gives the ad two Pinocchios for lying, and says that McCain and Clinton are "poles apart," on most issues. [Fact Checker]
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What better day for our weekly Tour of Truth through the Internet than on the day we celebrate the birthday of George "Cherry Tree" Washington?
Our first president could not tell a lie, but guess who can? Presidential campaigns. Sometimes the lies are accidental misstatements; sometimes they're big, fat, on-purpose smears. But every week, we're going to tell you who's playing it straight and who would get ten lashes from GW's dad, if he was still around. Now onto the Tour of Truth:
February 20th, 2008 at 5:38 am
Thanx for the early bird analysis on the Badger State vote!
February 20th, 2008 at 5:38 am
Thanx for the early bird analysis on the Badger State vote!