Politifacts Political Lie of the Year

[Riot]

PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'A government takeover of health care'

The Republican talking point was the most pervasive falsehood of the year, used hundreds of times by GOP leaders and candidates.

The Top Ten political lies at politifact.com

[timmgirvan]

apparently the folks at politifact did take into acct what the people said in November!

[dellinger63]

What "Ive lived in chicago the last year but was never there" lost?

Fix is in!

[clyde]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

i used to enjoy going to chicago until your constant posting of local politics like it mattered to anyone else sucked all the fun out of it.

you've got republican semen all over your face. do you still think anyone is shocked you don't like rahm emmanuel?

rule-eng un ze flour!!!!





leff-eng may ess oaf!!!!

[Riot]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

apparently the folks at politifact did take into acct what the people said in November!

Why would they? Politifact is non-party associated, and judges claims that politicians of both parties make as true or false (or in-between), based upon the merit of the statement. The "government takeover" phrase origination was recommended as deliberate characterization useage by a GOP strategist. It certainly worked, as it is the most pervasive lie of last year

You do make the point that the point of politicians lying is to get voters to vote for them. That goes with the U Maryland study of last week that just found that Fox News viewers are the least truthfully-informed. Voters are responsible for their own education on the issues. The "low information" voter loves them some angry or scary slogans From either party.

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Riot

Why would they? Politifact is non-party associated, and judges claims that politicians of both parties make as true or false (or in-between), based upon the merit of the statement. The "government takeover" phrase origination was recommended as deliberate characterization useage by a GOP strategist. It certainly worked, as it is the most pervasive lie of last year

You do make the point that the point of politicians lying is to get voters to vote for them. That goes with the U Maryland study of last week that just found that Fox News viewers are the least truthfully-informed. Voters are responsible for their own education on the issues. The "low information" voter loves them some angry or scary slogans From either party.

I was pretty sure you would latch onto that story, particularly with the slam on Fox. Spin away....

[Riot]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

I was pretty sure you would latch onto that story, particularly with the slam on Fox. Spin away....

Hard to spin reality, isn't it?

You might check out www.politifact.com It slams both parties equally. The "pants on fire!" ratings are interesting. It has an "Obama promise" meter you might like.