Politifact: Mitt Romney Claims Unemployment Fell to 4.7% During His Term. Official Government Data Says Unemployment Fell to 4.7% In His Term. We Rate Mitt Romney's Claim "Half True."

Actually: Actually, I'm going to cut PolitiFact some slack here -- but only some, because I think they are being unclear about their rating.

Their headline says they're rating the "claim" (fact) that unemployment fell to 4.7% under Mitt Romney's governorship.

But then their article purports to rate an ad claiming this fall can be attributed to Mitt Romney.

I think it's much, much more defensible to say Mitt Romney's claim of ownership of this is "half true." Then you can add in questions about whether a governor really controls the state economy, and so on.

However, their headline says that the naked fact of 4.7% unemployment is Half-True.

They can either change the headline (the statement being reviewed) or the rating.

The claim "Mitt Romney suggests his stewardship propelled Massachusetts to 4.7% unemployment" could, I suppose, be fairly rated as "Half True."

But that's not what the headline says -- the headline says (for immediate use in Obama political ads) that the naked fact of 4.7% unemployment is half true.

This is like a movie reviewer deliberately inserting "THRILL RIDE OF THE SUMMER" just so the movie ad campaign will quote him.

Obama needs headlines like this to suggest that Mitt Romney is lying about the 4.7%. PolitiFact rides to his rescue, proving just such an ad-friendly headline.

But then the article changes the entire topic under discussion.

Clean up your act, PolitiFarce.

Posted by: Ace at 04:47 PM

Comments

1 THE BALLS ON THESE GUYS!

Posted by: toby928Š at June 11, 2012 04:48 PM (QupBk)

2 It's just like how in Islam, a woman's testimony is weighted half of a man's? Same deal here.

Non people only get half-claims

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 11, 2012 04:49 PM (SB0V2)

3 I swear I said that with a smile on my face all cheery like

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 11, 2012 04:49 PM (SB0V2)

4 I will only half dirty your mouth.

Posted by: CUS at June 11, 2012 04:49 PM (84pE9)

5 We must demand integrity from our politicians. Especially the palefaced ones.

Posted by: Elizabeth "Lactates Without Tits" Warren at June 11, 2012 04:50 PM (QKKT0)

6 Wow, he said 4.7% and gasp, it was 4.7%. What is going to do next, say the sky is blue and have it be proven that, gasp, the sky is in fact, blue?

Posted by: Will Not Assimilate For Food at June 11, 2012 04:50 PM (kXoT0)

7 Isn't "Politifact" an arm of Soros?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 11, 2012 04:50 PM (e0xKF)

8 As in lies, half-truths and murder, we meant.

Posted by: Politifact at June 11, 2012 04:51 PM (bN5ZU)

9
Enhance your calm people!

Posted by: Ben at June 11, 2012 04:51 PM (wuv1c)

10
You wonder what he would have had to say in order to get a 100% true rating.

Also, down 40%, bitch. Four More Years.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at June 11, 2012 04:51 PM (44/AS)

11 Official Government Data says Obama is not only awesome, but he's also cool.

Posted by: The Federal Bureau of Flogging Obama at June 11, 2012 04:51 PM (QKKT0)

12 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 04:51 PM (8y9MW)

13 right before the wisconsin recall, politifact wisconsin said that Scott Walker's claim of 30,000 jobs created in 2011 was based on BLS data showing 30,000 jobs created in 2011, but the claim was "partly true" because the data were subject to later revision.

Like every single economic stat. GDP gets revised months and months after the first reading, and, as we see every month, so do national jobs creation nubmers.

Posted by: ace at June 11, 2012 04:51 PM (aw5Tx)

14 We call them the MFM for a reason.

Posted by: rd at June 11, 2012 04:51 PM (9sUlj)

15 Wow, he said 4.7% and gasp, it was 4.7%. What is going to do next, say the sky is blue and have it be proven that, gasp, the sky is in fact, blue?

Skies not really blue, it just looks blue, because of light and stuff.

Obama says the sky is cerulean which it most assuredly is, and always has been. Anyone who says it is blue must be a racist.

Posted by: MBM at June 11, 2012 04:51 PM (HR5x9)

16
Even better, they are claiming that a 1% drop in the UE rate "isn't much of a difference".
Are they kidding? Let's see how their paper covers Obama's UE rate if it drops a point

Posted by: Ben at June 11, 2012 04:52 PM (wuv1c)

17 You wonder what he would have had to say in order to get a 100% true rating.

Despite my capitalistic urgings, the economy in Massachusetts in my term remained remarkably strong, dropping to a 4.7% unemployment rate.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 04:52 PM (8y9MW)

18 "On balance, we rate the claim Half True."
First, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Second, I think the "balancing" factor was a left point of view, don't you think?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 11, 2012 04:52 PM (9eDbm)

19
Politifarce.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 11, 2012 04:52 PM (9Cixk)

20
I sez what I means, and I means what I sez!

And not in a context free manner either!

Posted by: Mittens R at June 11, 2012 04:52 PM (i3+c5)

21 unemployment fell.....but...........it's been taken out of context!

Posted by: phoenixgirl clinging to my bible, gun and coca cola at June 11, 2012 04:53 PM (Ho2rs)

22 And to the writer of that fact check.

If you were twins you'd still be a halfwit.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 11, 2012 04:53 PM (tf9Ne)

23
Politifraud.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 11, 2012 04:53 PM (9Cixk)

24 Employment at the Ministry of Truth? Up 103% baby!

Posted by: shibumi at June 11, 2012 04:53 PM (z63Tr)

25 Half true, just like Lizzy Warren, I guess. Every good apparatchik must do his/her part.

Posted by: Chris at June 11, 2012 04:53 PM (6yxRn)

26 Gladhandling? Maybe they got their ads mixed up with Bawney.

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at June 11, 2012 04:53 PM (vhwRj)

27 According to Politifact, its half true because math is racist and, well, racist statements are simply not true at all.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at June 11, 2012 04:54 PM (OWjjx)

28 Glad to see Politicfact is finally doing its job.

Posted by: Jay Carney at June 11, 2012 04:54 PM (OWjjx)

29 Wow, really? It has been "proven" that Governors have "little impact on the economy of their state"? Then why are states with Republican Governors doing so well and Democrat Governors so poorly?

Amazing how something based upon fictional computer models such as AGW can be "True", while some such as Romney's record based 100% upon statistical fact be "Half True".

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at June 11, 2012 04:54 PM (hlUJY)

30 So is it more or less true than Obama ate a dog?

Posted by: mike at June 11, 2012 04:54 PM (C6f7T)

31 /waiting for the balls ...

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 11, 2012 04:55 PM (+EoBq)

32
13 right before the wisconsin recall, politifact wisconsin said that Scott Walker's claim of 30,000 jobs created in 2011 was based on BLS data showing 30,000 jobs created in 2011, but the claim was "partly true" because the data were subject to later revision.Like every single economic stat. GDP gets revised months and months after the first reading, and, as we see every month, so do national jobs creation nubmers.
Posted by: ace at June 11, 2012 04:51 PM (aw5Tx)

Hence all the jobs that were created in May were wiped out by the downard revisions for March and April.

Posted by: buzzion at June 11, 2012 04:55 PM (GULKT)

33 Even better, they are claiming that a 1% drop in the UE rate "isn't much of a difference".
Are they kidding?

Let's be accurate, here. They were referring to the difference between the national drop (1.2%) and the Massachusetts drop (1%) saying there isn't a lot of a difference between those two numbers. Which is more or less true.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 04:55 PM (8y9MW)

34
So the Obama TV ad that has been running - IS A TOTAL LIE.
Another lie from Dr. Loser. and his gang of leftwing liars. check.

Posted by: fresh at June 11, 2012 04:55 PM (O7ksG)

35
Obama ate a dog. This is only half true because it fails to mention how his knife and fork did much of the work

Posted by: Politifact at June 11, 2012 04:55 PM (c0Yal)

36 @29 Great point. So Governer Walker has "little impact" on Wisconsin. That's news to unions and Axelrod.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 11, 2012 04:55 PM (9eDbm)

37 Are they kidding? Let's see how their paper covers Obama's UE rate if it drops a point

Posted by: Ben at June 11, 2012 04:52 PM (wuv1c)

Not to mention that a 1% improvement from a UE baseline of 5.7% is much harder to achieve than a 1% improvement from an "8.1%" UE baseline (especially when the 8.1% is cooked)..

Posted by: Hrothgar (Medicated) at June 11, 2012 04:56 PM (i3+c5)

38

He took it out on me.

Posted by: Context at June 11, 2012 04:56 PM (HOOye)

39 ...because OBVIOUSLY Romney didn't do it on his own.

And that's how Republicans are to be judged. If they didn't actually do something all by themselves, with no aid from any outside forces or favorable circumstances, then they can't take credit for anything.

In other news, OBAMA KILLED BIN LADEN!

Posted by: Bang Out Of Order at June 11, 2012 04:56 PM (1H47k)

40 So let me get this straight.

Republican states facts. = Half True.
Democrat bald face lies = Half True.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 11, 2012 04:56 PM (0q2P7)

41 Christ almighty, these loons are beyond parody at this point. And so many libs think they've won the argument and the day when they find something that politifact has just spun out their arse. No wonder most of them are functionally retarded.

Posted by: Exanter at June 11, 2012 04:56 PM (t7qH7)

42 Here's their conclusion:

"The number is correct, but the ad oversteps in suggesting that Romney
did this on his own. The employment situation in Massachusetts was
subject to many factors, not just the governors policy. On balance, we
rate the claim Half True."

So: The claim is true, and would be similarly true for any governor, but since he's running against our boyfriend it's really only half true.

Got it?

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at June 11, 2012 04:56 PM (RD7QR)

43 Serenity now. Serenity now...

Posted by: Xander Crews at June 11, 2012 04:56 PM (ttOZC)

44 They're not even trying to hide it. Sheesh.

Posted by: Andy at June 11, 2012 04:57 PM (5Rurq)

45 True But False But True

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 11, 2012 04:57 PM (AlYnQ)

46 100% accurate, but half-true. Works for me.

Posted by: Dan Rather at June 11, 2012 04:57 PM (96M6e)

47 So Governer Walker has "little impact" on Wisconsin

He has made it so divisive that I have had to come up here and spread false rumors......that is how divisive it is!

Posted by: Ed Schultz, doing his job! at June 11, 2012 04:57 PM (OWjjx)

48 He really can't claim full credit. Romney should acknowledge that the national economy was doing quite well under George W. Bush.

Posted by: fluffy at June 11, 2012 04:57 PM (z9HTb)

49 I rate the name PolitiFact half true.

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 04:57 PM (MMC8r)

50 This reminds me of the pretzels Snopes twists themselves into to defend Democrats, only even more shameless.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 11, 2012 04:57 PM (tqwMN)

51 A 4.7% unemployment rate that is half a lie is better than a 10.7% rate that is all too real.

Posted by: Uncle Floyd at June 11, 2012 04:57 PM (qxcKC)

52 I checked the article expecting to see "Well that occurred halfway through his governorship and it rose slightly later" or something to that effect.

Nope 4.7% during the last month of his governorship. Why then only half
true you ask? (I skim so you don't have to) 'Cause, they say, Romney can't take credit even though it is true, because of "National
trends" and governors cannot qualitatively effect state unemployment, so they say.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 11, 2012 04:58 PM (0q2P7)

53 Politifact is about as accurate as WaPo's myth's crap.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 04:58 PM (YdQQY)

54
"THE BALLS ON THESE GUYS!"

Did thomebody thay "ballth"?

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at June 11, 2012 04:58 PM (JW/aG)

55 The employment situation in Massachusetts was subject to many factors, not just the governors policy. On balance, we rate the claim Half True.

Hmmm. That's interesting parsing. Did Politifact ever investigate the whole "saved or created" meme?

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 11, 2012 04:58 PM (+EoBq)

56 Just because something marginally good happened when Governor Romney was in office does not mean he should get the credit.

Just as it's not fair to criticize President Obama for the bad things that happen while he's in office.

Posted by: Sgt. D.W. Schultz at June 11, 2012 04:58 PM (Ld6wA)

57
But "half true" is the highest honor that can be bestowed by half-wits, so it's all good, right?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 11, 2012 04:58 PM (FcKXR)

58
Posted by: mike at June 11, 2012 04:54 PM (C6f7T)

It is technically true that Obama ate at least one dog; however, in context, Obama never actually ate dogs.

Posted by: Hrothgar (Medicated) at June 11, 2012 04:58 PM (i3+c5)

59 lolz, we need our own super-fact-checkers where we can do the same thing.

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at June 11, 2012 04:59 PM (QxSug)

60 This is starting to make me angry. Really angry!

Posted by: blaster at June 11, 2012 04:59 PM (HR5x9)

61 Lefty logic: Mitt Romney 50% responsible for reduction of unemployment while Gov, 100% responsible for layoffs long after he left Bain.

Posted by: Xander Crews at June 11, 2012 04:59 PM (ttOZC)

62 On balance, I find Politifact full of shit and in the tank for a democrat, whoever it is.

On balance.

Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at June 11, 2012 04:59 PM (PH+2B)

63 Your new name is...Politihalftruth.

Posted by: jakeman at June 11, 2012 04:59 PM (96M6e)

64 So if it's only half-true then it is also mostly false!

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at June 11, 2012 04:59 PM (DNTer)

65 This is hardly fair, as he did it in 2006. What happened in Jan, 2007? Oh, yeah, Democrats took over Congress.

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid object: "Out of context!"

Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2012 04:59 PM (FcR7P)

66 It depends on what the definition of "is" is.

Posted by: O'Bumble's Surrogate at June 11, 2012 04:59 PM (ndlFj)

67 >> I rate the name PolitiFact half true.

Thread. Won.

Posted by: Andy at June 11, 2012 04:59 PM (5Rurq)

68 Something is wrong with the link. It just goes to a re-elect Obama by any means necessary, even by lying about the truth webpage.

Posted by: TJexcite at June 11, 2012 04:59 PM (AsD76)

69 It is double-minus-true that I am a partisan hack.

Posted by: Politifact Fact Checker at June 11, 2012 04:59 PM (9ks0K)

70 So this falls in the other MBM category.
Real but Inaccurate?

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 11, 2012 05:00 PM (0q2P7)

71 How Orwellian can you get?

Posted by: Sean at June 11, 2012 05:00 PM (HDEPa)

72 What is "politifact"?? I've never heard of it and based on this a$$inine "reporting" don't care what they say in the future or any Obot media source that relies on it.

Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at June 11, 2012 05:00 PM (ACkhT)

73 Will the NewAoSHQ actually shut down the thread if someone proclaims a winner?

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 11, 2012 05:00 PM (+EoBq)

74
So Politiflatulence takes issue with the tone of the ad?

Posted by: soothsayer at June 11, 2012 05:01 PM (9Cixk)

75 PolitiChicken

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 11, 2012 05:01 PM (AlYnQ)

76 So are they going to call Obama a half-liar for bringing up the unemployment rate in MA when Politifact now claims governors don't have anything to do with unemployment rates?

Posted by: Ernst Blofeld at June 11, 2012 05:01 PM (XZWie)

77 Let's make sure to file this "reasoning" away, so we can throw it in PolitiFact's face when they talk of their Sweet Boyfriend. Remember, no politician can ever take credit for anything good unless they do it 100% by themselves.

Posted by: Bang Out Of Order at June 11, 2012 05:01 PM (1H47k)

78 @22

I never claimed to be a halfwit...just a1/32wit.

Racist.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at June 11, 2012 05:01 PM (QjSgY)

79 Politifact is doin' fine

Posted by: jonsten at June 11, 2012 05:01 PM (fVgpT)

80 Playing Devil's Advocate here, but what Politifact is challenging here is not the assertion of the number (4.7%), but the assertion that "Romney reduced unemployment" to 4.7%. They argue that the reduction was a nation-wide phenomenon that had very little to do with anything Romney himself did.

That being said, they are being obtuse and picking on just a shorter way of saying "During Romney's term as governor, unemployment dropped to 4.7%. And they sure as hell won't challenge similar statements from the Obama campaign.

Posted by: angler at June 11, 2012 05:01 PM (SwjAj)

81
A: Two things that, consumed in any quantity whatsoever, are guaranteed to give you bowel-draining diarrhea.

Q: What are commentary by Ed Schultz and beer by Schlitz?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 11, 2012 05:01 PM (FcKXR)

82 But, but... Thay have the Pulitzer Prize Seal of Approval! Suck it, haters.

Posted by: Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize Genius at June 11, 2012 05:01 PM (yn6XZ)

83 Politifact: All facts approved by the Politburo!

Posted by: The Peasants at June 11, 2012 05:01 PM (fRlaj)

84 73
Will the NewAoSHQ actually shut down the thread if someone proclaims a winner?

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 11, 2012 05:00 PM (+EoBq)

Naw, if you could do that then the middle of every thread would consist of people declaring their upthread comments to be the thread winner.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at June 11, 2012 05:02 PM (RD7QR)

85 How Orwellian can you get?

Rat.Face.Eating.

Posted by: winston smith at June 11, 2012 05:02 PM (QupBk)

86
72 What is "politifact"?? I've never heard of it and based on this a$$inine "reporting" don't care what they say in the future or any Obot media source that relies on it.
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at June 11, 2012 05:00 PM (ACkhT)

I think they're supposed to be factcheck.org v.2.0

Posted by: buzzion at June 11, 2012 05:02 PM (GULKT)

87 How Orwellian can you get?

Posted by: Sean at June 11, 2012 05:00 PM (HDEPa)

Hang on to your hats, because I think the MoT (Ministry of Truth) is not even running at half speed yet!

Posted by: Hrothgar (Medicated) at June 11, 2012 05:02 PM (i3+c5)

88 Serenity now

You're right. I need to watch that again.
...
...
...
What?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 05:02 PM (8y9MW)

89 Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7,1941. This is half-true since everybody knows is was those damn Germans.

Posted by: dantesed at June 11, 2012 05:03 PM (aqcd3)

90 Politifact makes my schadenboner sad.

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at June 11, 2012 05:03 PM (0tRzD)

91
Hmmm.... well....

Politi- having to do with politics...

Fact- somthing proovably correct...

Ergo, PolitiFACT, is an Oxymoron...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 11, 2012 05:03 PM (lZBBB)

92 1/32 true.

Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2012 05:04 PM (T0NGe)

93 I can't seem to post from work... how does one know if one's ip has been "banned?" I know it isn't because of something I said, but it could be my work location, I suppose.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 11, 2012 05:04 PM (xaTCH)

94 1984? Lightweight.

Posted by: Politifact at June 11, 2012 05:04 PM (96M6e)

95 Hmmm. That's interesting parsing. Did Politifact ever investigate the whole "saved or created" meme?>>

Yes they did (TLDR) but they came up with half true in the end.
http://tinyurl.com/yz2gx3t

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 11, 2012 05:04 PM (tf9Ne)

96 True but False!

Posted by: Colonel Pooteh at June 11, 2012 05:04 PM (nsT1z)

97 politif**ked is more accurate

Posted by: thunderb at June 11, 2012 05:04 PM (Dnbau)

98 I would have much more respect for them if they'd be honest:

"True, but politically inconvenient."

Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2012 05:04 PM (T0NGe)

99 yeah, our own true-but-false-but-really-true website could be used to talk about rev. wright, etc.

Posted by: joeindc44 is true, but false, but really true at June 11, 2012 05:04 PM (QxSug)

100 Obama ate a dog and rated it not as crunchy as old ladies

Posted by: DHChron at June 11, 2012 05:04 PM (FpBe1)

101 #73 Thread Winner!!!!1!!

Posted by: Official AOSHQ Threadliness Committee at June 11, 2012 05:05 PM (yn6XZ)

102 On balance, we rate PolitiFact half retarded.

Posted by: deepelemblues at June 11, 2012 05:05 PM (gF1dk)

103 Pitch perfect, AmishDood.

Posted by: jakeman at June 11, 2012 05:05 PM (96M6e)

104 false, but an affirmative action fiction designated as a real truth.

Posted by: joeindc44 is true, but false, but really true at June 11, 2012 05:05 PM (QxSug)

105 Politifart The actual unemployment rate was 4.700001%. If we don't point out his lies, who will?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 11, 2012 05:05 PM (1Jaio)

106 It's only half-true because context! That's why!

Posted by: jonsten at June 11, 2012 05:05 PM (fVgpT)

107 Here's something else in the article that's flat out funny

If you take the numbers from January 2003 to January 2007 -- Romneys
first and last months in office -- you find a drop of 1.2 percentage
points nationally (from 5.8 percent to 4.6 percent) and 1.0 points in
Massachusetts (from 5.6 percent to 4.6 percent). That's not much of a
difference.

Not much of a difference??? WHAAAA???? That's a huge 21.5% drop in unemployment. I guess math is hard

Posted by: Capitalist Infidel at June 11, 2012 05:06 PM (MnFzn)

108 95 Hmmm. That's interesting parsing. Did Politifact ever investigate the whole "saved or created" meme?>>

Yes they did (TLDR) but they came up with half true in the end.
http://tinyurl.com/yz2gx3t
Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 11, 2012 05:04 PM (tf9Ne)

My goodness, that was full of dumb!

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at June 11, 2012 05:06 PM (DNTer)

109 Remember, no politician can ever take credit for anything good unless they do it 100% by themselves.

Like when I shot Bin-Laden while flying the chopper, stick in one hand, AK-47 in the other, while adjusting the rear-view mirror with my free hand.

Posted by: President Modesty at June 11, 2012 05:06 PM (z9HTb)

110 89
Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7,1941. This is half-true since everybody knows is was those damn Germans.

Posted by: dantesed at June 11, 2012 05:03 PM (aqcd3)
Delaware was the first state to ratify the U. S. Constitution on Dec. 7, 1787.And yet, there are historians who continue to deny that German meddling has affected our history in any fashion...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 11, 2012 05:06 PM (FcKXR)

111 Playing Devil's Advocate here

They attack themselves when they attack the 4.7% figure. They're saying Bush' pre-Marxist policies were good for the economy.

Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2012 05:06 PM (FcR7P)

112 Someone also needs to clue them in that there's a hyphen and only one 'l' in "glad-handing". Who trusts "fact-checkers" that can't even spell-check?

Posted by: Cortillaen at June 11, 2012 05:06 PM (3muKk)

113
60 This is starting to make me angry. Really angry!

Posted by: blaster at June 11, 2012 04:59 PM (HR5x9)

Pipe down. Anger is outta style anymore.

Posted by: Mayor Bloomberg at June 11, 2012 05:06 PM (7+pP9)

114 true but may not help Michelle's kids

false, but may upset Elizabeth Edwards

false, but it's only John McCain we're talking about, so fuck it, run the story

Posted by: joeindc44 is true, but false, but really true at June 11, 2012 05:06 PM (QxSug)

115 A corrupt left wing site like Politico, pretending to be neutral. It is about time the GOP outed them and turn them into another media matters.

Posted by: pat at June 11, 2012 05:07 PM (UFxap)

116 "Let's make sure to file this "reasoning" away, so we can throw it in PolitiFact's face when they talk of their Sweet Boyfriend."

They don't care, dude. They're not about intellectual consistency. Never have been.

Throw whatever at the wall. Something will eventually stick.

Some folks want us to play by a refined set of rules when it's evident that the opposition has no rules.

Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2012 05:07 PM (sEXZ/)

117 So every single state went down 1% at the same time? That's what they're saying?

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 11, 2012 05:08 PM (AlYnQ)

118 Well, it's true- But Mitt fired 50,000 people in Virginia. So, there.

Posted by: PolitFact Bag Checker at June 11, 2012 05:08 PM (yn6XZ)

119 Have you read some of the shit over at Politifact?

------
Obamas ad charges that "Romney outsourced call center jobs to India."

The Obama campaign's wording suggests a broader, more deliberate policy
when the state was sending some work overseas. But in choosing to veto
the bill, Romney let the arrangement continue. The statement leaves out
important information.

We rate it Half True.
------ Politifact (http://tinyurl.com/73kjmy6)

Wait... what the fuck? Lets back this train up.

So, as Governor of MA, Romney vetoed a bill to ban others ability to outsource, and it's "half-true" that "he outsourced" call center jobs?

Really? So, if Obama vetoed the Republican budget with an amendment banning octopus fucking and someone ends up, on their on separate and independent volition, fucking an octopus, it's "half-true" that Obama's a octopus fucker?

Posted by: Uriah Heep at June 11, 2012 05:08 PM (JdSQO)

120 politif**ked - were doing fine!

Posted by: thunderb at June 11, 2012 05:09 PM (Dnbau)

121 So I guess Louis Jacobson isn't a writer or journalist because he didn't invent the English language?

Posted by: Fritz at June 11, 2012 05:09 PM (ZN5qR)

122 Politicfacts should enhance its calm............slowly and painfully.

Posted by: Mallamutt at June 11, 2012 05:09 PM (OWjjx)

123 So every single state went down 1% at the same time? That's what they're saying?

I interpret it as LEAVE BARRY ALONE! complete with running mascara.

Posted by: toby928Š at June 11, 2012 05:09 PM (QupBk)

124 So every single state went down 1% at the same time?

If Michelle were a state, she wouldn't have gone down quite that far.

Posted by: Shecky Obama at June 11, 2012 05:09 PM (+EoBq)

125 These pretzels are making me thirsty!

Posted by: George Cantstandya at June 11, 2012 05:09 PM (yn6XZ)

126 Really? So, if Obama vetoed the Republican budget
with an amendment banning octopus fucking and someone ends up, on their
on separate and independent volition, fucking an octopus, it's
"half-true" that Obama's a octopus fucker?

Posted by: Uriah Heep at June 11, 2012 05:08 PM (JdSQO)

No, we know Obama is an octopus fucker, and...what was the question?

Posted by: PolitiFlack at June 11, 2012 05:10 PM (RD7QR)

127 115, "pretending to be neutral"

Which is in alignment with the law that any internet commenter with a handle containing "Reality" or "Truth" being ipso facto a libtard with an axe to grind.

Posted by: jakeman at June 11, 2012 05:10 PM (96M6e)

128
Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2012 05:07 PM (sEXZ/)

Aren't you supposed to be a former reader since you freaked out and thought you would have to give ace your blood type in order to register to comment?

Posted by: buzzion at June 11, 2012 05:10 PM (GULKT)

129 My dick is twenty inches long.

Half true they say?

Posted by: J. C. Holmes at June 11, 2012 05:10 PM (Qhz+d)

130 and I declare Politifart halfassed!

Posted by: the Butcher at June 11, 2012 05:10 PM (8g9qq)

131 Who trusts "fact-checkers" that can't even spell-check?

Are we sure they're not writing with some new DNC-issued "fact-checker" plugin?

Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2012 05:11 PM (FcR7P)

132 Rules for Truth:

1)If a democrat says it, it's true.

2)If a republican says it, it's a lie. Also, he's racist, sexist, and wants to kill Grandma.

Posted by: Lauren at June 11, 2012 05:11 PM (5okt3)

133 Well duh...The data came from The Shrub's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Surprised Romney didn't get to Goebbel's Flaming Lederhosen rating.

Posted by: 66chevelle at June 11, 2012 05:11 PM (QjSgY)

134 Posted by: Uriah Heep at June 11, 2012 05:08 PM (JdSQO)

Sooo... SCOAMOFF?

Posted by: Cortillaen at June 11, 2012 05:11 PM (3muKk)

135 Posted by: buzzion at June 11, 2012 05:10 PM (GULKT

Stop punching down!

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at June 11, 2012 05:11 PM (OWjjx)

136 Barack Obama is a Stuttering Clusterf*ck of a Miserable Octopus F*cker

Posted by: Queen Bee at June 11, 2012 05:12 PM (yn6XZ)

137 Surprised Romney didn't get to Goebbel's Flaming Lederhosen rating.

Posted by: 66chevelle at June 11, 2012 05:11 PM (QjSgY)

Okay, THIS is the thread winner.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at June 11, 2012 05:12 PM (RD7QR)

138 "Politifact:"

Politibullshit would be more appropriate.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at June 11, 2012 05:13 PM (4s7w4)

139 Let's not be too hasty about criticizing grammar, folks. After all, the app that Mitt Romney designed himself in his spare time misspelled our country's name. *sniff*

Posted by: MSM at June 11, 2012 05:13 PM (96M6e)

140 Since I live in Pennsylvania, with a seven plus decade long 18% 'temporary tax' on alcohol, it's tough (not to mention expensive) to take a 'jaundiced' view of the political process.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at June 11, 2012 05:13 PM (phlKA)

141 PolitiFact.com is a project operated by the Tampa Bay Times, in which reporters and editors from the Times and affiliated media outlets "fact-check statements by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest groups..." They publish original statements and their evaluations on the PolitiFact.com website, and assign each a "Truth-O-Meter" rating. You may now continue

Posted by: @SOEarpiece at June 11, 2012 05:13 PM (QupBk)

142 7 Isn't "Politifact" an arm of Soros?

Why...yes. Yes, it is.
And Barky's Ministry of Truth appreciates all the hard work it does.

Posted by: wheatie at June 11, 2012 05:13 PM (/V8D4)

143 Taking shit way the fuck out of context, when it suits us, or Obama. Same thing.

Posted by: Politifact at June 11, 2012 05:13 PM (Ky1+e)

144 Obama is a genius and the private job market is just fine.
True, of course.

Posted by: pat at June 11, 2012 05:13 PM (UFxap)

145 Okay, THIS is the thread winner

In our new era of civility, there are no winners. That would make some posters feel like losers. Now, it is just one of all of us, outstanding posters all!

Here is your cheap trophy for this thread. Enjoy!

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at June 11, 2012 05:14 PM (OWjjx)

146 But we only have Obama's own words that he ate a dog, so we're rating that as "Not True".

Posted by: Politicrap at June 11, 2012 05:14 PM (QxGmu)

147 I would be angry if I wasn't laughing so hard. You can smell the desperation, but not a Sandra Fluke needs a date NOW kind of smell.

Posted by: Ammo Dump at June 11, 2012 05:14 PM (YYyqq)

148 I've said this before but I'll say it again. I would caution the romney campaign to be pro active and not re active. If you read across the financial spectra you notice various ideas emerging. Owing to this chaos/confusion as people try to make sense of the economy, it would be wise of romeny and company to secure their own data and analyze their own data as opposed to reacting. This whole scenario as it is playing is wreaking of some kind of future gotcha moment for romney and the republicans.

Posted by: faith at June 11, 2012 05:14 PM (oZfic)

149 Of to commute home. Maintain your serenity, everybody.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at June 11, 2012 05:14 PM (RD7QR)

150 Obama is not just an Octopus Fucker, he's a Keynesian Octopus-Fucker.

Posted by: West at June 11, 2012 05:15 PM (1Rgee)

151 Claim: Obama is black.

Rating: Half true.

Posted by: Politifact at June 11, 2012 05:15 PM (Ky1+e)

152 Here is your cheap trophy for this thread. Enjoy!

In the new Ace of Spades HQ Tone of Civility, let me most politely and graciously say, "Let me answer that with a head-butt."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 05:15 PM (8y9MW)

153 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at June 11, 2012 05:15 PM (DNTer)

154 >>>Obama ate a dog. This is only half true

No, he just ate half a dog.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 11, 2012 05:15 PM (fqKJV)

155 I hate doing this, but I'm going to give Politifact some down twinkles for this.

Plus, I'm thinking they should go fetch their f*cking shinebox. This turd ain't gonna polish itself.

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 11, 2012 05:15 PM (ccXZP)

156 Haha, well played Cortillaen Queen Bee!

Posted by: Uriah Heep at June 11, 2012 05:16 PM (JdSQO)

157 Claim: The economy may or may not recover under Obama

Rating: Half True

Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2012 05:17 PM (FcR7P)

158 They're so used to spinning, they just can't help themselves.

Looks like a knee-jerk reaction to me.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 11, 2012 05:17 PM (d0Tfm)

159 We don't beleive this dribble...We loves Pres Bama...We loves him....

Posted by: The People of Brattleboro, Vermont at June 11, 2012 05:17 PM (48wze)

160 Looks like Politifact is politiFUCKED!

*puts on sunglasses and pushes 'play' for The Who's theme for CSI Miami*

YYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sgt. York at June 11, 2012 05:18 PM (pqW4Y)

161 I would caution the romney campaign not to post links to ghey pr0n sites or call people selfish bitches! That's my job!

Posted by: faith! at June 11, 2012 05:19 PM (ggRof)

162 Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at June 11, 2012 05:14 PM (OWjjx)

That mean I get half my belt back?

Posted by: Manny Pacquiao at June 11, 2012 05:19 PM (vhwRj)

163 well, I'll be a slack jawed octopus fucker!

Posted by: DHChron at June 11, 2012 05:19 PM (FpBe1)

164 LOL. I thought that was a Uriah Heep song. Duh, Grand Funk RR

Posted by: Queen Bee at June 11, 2012 05:19 PM (yn6XZ)

165 Hey, lay off us, conservatards. We could have called it Half False.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 11, 2012 05:20 PM (AlYnQ)

166 "161
I would caution the romney campaign not to post links to ghey pr0n sites or call people selfish bitches! That's my job!

Posted by: faith! at June 11, 2012 05:19 PM (ggRof)"all together now.....NOT ME

Posted by: faith at June 11, 2012 05:20 PM (oZfic)

167 did you say...dicksicle?

YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Posted by: DHChron at June 11, 2012 05:20 PM (FpBe1)

168 Frank J (IMAO) comes up with a new word: Tralse

Posted by: Retread at June 11, 2012 05:21 PM (joSBv)

169 I think it's much, much more defensible to say Mitt Romney's claim of
ownership of this is "half true." Then you can add in questions about
whether a governor really controls the state economy, and so on.

I don't follow PolitiFact, and never read their "fact checking" unless it's linked here, so I don't know the answer to this: Do they really make the same claims about Democrat Governors? Democrat Governors must (statistically speaking) have overseen some amount of job growth. Or what about Obama when he was making claims about all those jobs created- where did they fall on those?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 05:21 PM (8y9MW)

170 Tralse

Howzabout Frue?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 11, 2012 05:22 PM (d0Tfm)

171 You know all those other people posting that have a different hash and nick? NOT ME

Posted by: faith! at June 11, 2012 05:22 PM (ggRof)

172 PolitiFact is like Sex Panther.

100% accurate, 50% of the time.

Posted by: Dave C at June 11, 2012 05:23 PM (PARWA)

173 The guys get shirts and pants!!!!

PolitiFact: Half true

Posted by: Slicey Slicerton, Hammerville VT at June 11, 2012 05:23 PM (ZY+lZ)

174 O/T: US-based Sudanese political scientist discovers Tom and Jerry are Zionist agents. Link to WZ article in my name.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 11, 2012 05:23 PM (tqwMN)

175 Howzabout Frue?

Alan Frew was the lead singer for Glass Tiger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=092xX85roR4

Posted by: MusicFact at June 11, 2012 05:23 PM (+EoBq)

176
maybe it's true in the mythical sense?

Posted by: garrett at June 11, 2012 05:23 PM (czc6X)

177 Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 05:21 PM (8y9MW)

When Obama claims that as governor he reduced the unemployment rate in MA to 4.7%, then Politifact will check.

What's the problem here?

Posted by: Politfact's rectum at June 11, 2012 05:23 PM (nEUpB)

178 Frue you, BackwardsBoy.

Posted by: Alex Tralsebec at June 11, 2012 05:23 PM (yn6XZ)

179 I think we're taking this all out of context.

Posted by: Soona - still banned at June 11, 2012 05:24 PM (cQCm/)

180 A guy I know who reliably votes D (yet has all these incredibly conservative opinions), but pays little attention to politics, told me a few months ago that he found a website that cuts through all the BS and is really fair about what politicians say, called Politifact. Wanted to know if I'd seen it.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 11, 2012 05:24 PM (AlYnQ)

181 LEAVE CONTEXT ALONE!!!

Posted by: jonsten at June 11, 2012 05:25 PM (fVgpT)

182 I'd say their half-truth is just...half-assed."

*puts on sunglasses*

YYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sgt. York at June 11, 2012 05:25 PM (pqW4Y)

183 #180 Was it Jeb Bush?

Posted by: Right Wing H8er at June 11, 2012 05:26 PM (yn6XZ)

184 "Then you can add in questions about whether a governor really controls the state economy, and so on."

OTOH, MA Dems and JV-Obama Deval Patrick have been running around bragging about MA's current sub-avg 6.5% rate for a few months now.

Posted by: BuddyPC at June 11, 2012 05:26 PM (KCuY9)

185 The claim "Mitt Romney suggests his stewardship propelled Massachusetts
to 4.7% unemployment" could, I suppose, be fairly rated as "Half True."

I disagree Ace.
Politifacts schtick is to verify verifiable facts, not involve themselves in opinionated discussion. You can't say "Mitt Romney suggests his stewardship propelled Massachusetts
to 4.7% unemployment" without putting in opinion on how much Romney affected the unemployment, something that cannot be known as "fact". The most you can fairly say is "I DISAGREE, and here's why" and state your opinion which again, is not what Politifact claims to be.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 11, 2012 05:26 PM (0q2P7)

186 It seems the context lost out...to the subtext.

*sunglasses*

YYEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sgt. York at June 11, 2012 05:26 PM (pqW4Y)

187 Posted by: Ian S. at June 11, 2012 05:23 PM (tqwMN)

You made that up. (The spoofing of the website was excellent by the way.)

Of course nobody is that stupid and ignorant and stuck in the 7th century, so at some point the joke does fail. But I give you an A for effort.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 11, 2012 05:27 PM (nEUpB)

188 It's half twue... it's half twue!!!

Posted by: Lily Von Shtupp at June 11, 2012 05:28 PM (wAQA5)

189
"So, if Obama vetoed the Republican budget with an amendment banning octopus fucking and someone ends up, on their on separate and independent volition, fucking an octopus, it's "half-true" that Obama's a octopus fucker?"

Did thomebody thay "octoputh fucking"?

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at June 11, 2012 05:29 PM (JW/aG)

190
President says private sector is "doing fine" and "clearly not doing fine"

Verdict: Half True, B+!

Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2012 05:29 PM (FcR7P)

191 So more or less politifact says, the verifiable part of this is 100% true, but because *WE DISAGREE* with the opinion portion of what was implied, it is only half true.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 11, 2012 05:29 PM (0q2P7)

192 Looks like Political needs to get a Mitt...and catch a clue.

*sunglasses*

YYYEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

Posted by: Sgt. York at June 11, 2012 05:30 PM (pqW4Y)

193 *Politifact!

DAMMIT!

proofreading is for pussies and intelligent people.

I give up.

Posted by: Sgt. York at June 11, 2012 05:30 PM (pqW4Y)

194 However, if you are wanting to see the THRILL RIDE OF THE SUMMER, then I suggest you go see something else. Anything, by comparison to this awful movie, will leave you AT THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT. About halfway through the movie, a homeless man snuck in through the exit and stabbed me in the neck with a broken bottle. Police subdued him and took him away, but within an hour of having to staunch the bloodflow and continue watching this movie, IT LEFT ME WANTING MORE of that hobo-stabbin' action I was getting earlier.

Posted by: movie critic who really needs to get his name out there at June 11, 2012 05:31 PM (l2max)

195 Say did Poltifact give a rating on the Obama adminstration putting the blame for Massachusetts having such low job growth as the fault of Romney?

Posted by: buzzion at June 11, 2012 05:31 PM (GULKT)

196 The claim "Mitt Romney suggests his stewardship propelled Massachusetts...

I read that as "his starship propelled..." and couldn't wait to see where that went.

Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2012 05:31 PM (FcR7P)

197 NOT ME

That's my name. Don't wear it out.

Posted by: NOT ME at June 11, 2012 05:32 PM (z9HTb)

198 Politifact lies like lying liars what lie.

For some reason everybody who sets themselves up as a neutral arbiter turns out to be a partisan hack. What up with that?

In theory you address this by having multiple fact-checkers with different biases, but it always seems to turn out their "conservative" checker is on Journolist revealing he's actually a leftist (WEIGEL I'M LOOKING AT YOU).

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 11, 2012 05:32 PM (bxiXv)

199
Obama says all the time that HE pulled the economy back from the brink of depression.

But nobody has ever asked exactly what Obama did to justify such a claim.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 11, 2012 05:33 PM (9Cixk)

200
#FactHurt

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 11, 2012 05:34 PM (fqKJV)

201 But nobody has ever asked exactly what Obama did to justify such a claim.

Pure Awesomeness, dude.

Posted by: president choom at June 11, 2012 05:34 PM (QupBk)

202 144 Obama is a genius and the private job market is just fine.
True, of course.

Mostly True ::: Seeing as President Obama is what one would refer to as a SUPER-GENIUS ŕ la Leonardo da Vinci, it does UNDERstate his wonderfulness

Posted by: Ed Gibbon at June 11, 2012 05:34 PM (4eNxd)

203 " Wow, he said 4.7% and gasp, it was 4.7%. What is going to do next, say the sky is blue and have it be proven that, gasp, the sky is in fact, blue?"

AHA! It is only blue during the daytime! At night it is black and starry.
HALF TRUE.

Posted by: PolitiFaq at June 11, 2012 05:35 PM (l2max)

204 191 So more or less politifact says, the verifiable part of this is 100% true, but because *WE DISAGREE* with the opinion portion of what was implied, it is only half true.

---------------------------

I agree. But I might be skewing the context.

Posted by: Soona - still banned at June 11, 2012 05:35 PM (cQCm/)

205 Truth: How does it f*cking work?

Posted by: Insane PolitiFact Clown Posse at June 11, 2012 05:35 PM (d0Tfm)

206 How do we know, for instance, that Elizabeth Warren never had a little Indian in her? NTTAWWT

Posted by: THE Boston Globe at June 11, 2012 05:36 PM (jucos)

207 oh but we forgot polifact's political assessment that it's true that everything is Bush's fault except for the benefit of getting Bin Laden.

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at June 11, 2012 05:36 PM (QxSug)

208 Obama's water is not going to carry itself.

Posted by: Politifact at June 11, 2012 05:36 PM (L7hol)

209
Obama claims he killed Osama bin Laden.

We rate Obama's claim Wonderfully True!

Posted by: Politiflop at June 11, 2012 05:37 PM (9Cixk)

210 Claim: Obama says all the time that HE pulled the economy back from the brink of depression.

Rating: You mean it gets worse?!

Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2012 05:37 PM (FcR7P)

211 196 The claim "Mitt Romney suggests his stewardship propelled Massachusetts...

I read that as "his starship propelled..." and couldn't wait to see where that went.
Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2012 05:31 PM (FcR7P)

Make it so, Number One, engage!

Posted by: Jon Luc Romney at June 11, 2012 05:37 PM (DNTer)

212 From over at Sweetness & Light:

"Anyone who helps the Mujahideen find the whereabouts of Obama and Hillary Clinton will be rewarded with 10 Camels to the information leading to Obama and 10 hens and 10 cocks for Hillary," said senior Shabaab commander Fuad Mohamed Khalaf in a statement reported on numerous websites.

Hmmm.

10 Cocks for Hillary.

*shiver*

Posted by: David Axeldouche at June 11, 2012 05:38 PM (niZvt)

213 Off, axeldouche sock.

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2012 05:38 PM (niZvt)

214
We can find no evidence that anyone helped Obama kill Osama.

Posted by: Politiflop at June 11, 2012 05:39 PM (9Cixk)

215
You wonder what he would have had to say in order to get a 100% true rating.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/rulings/true/

Top five in a row all from Obama. Try to look surprised....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 11, 2012 05:39 PM (kdS6q)

216 Hmmm.

10 Cocks for Hillary.

*shiver*

Posted by: David Axeldouche at June 11, 2012 05:38 PM (niZvt)
---------------------------------------------------
I've pulled a train with more than that...... 10? Is that all?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 11, 2012 05:39 PM (jucos)

217 We rate Obama's claim Wonderfully True!
Posted by: Politiflop at June 11, 2012 05:37 PM (9Cixk)

We rate Obama's claim Enchantingly True! There, that's better

Posted by: Ma Bell, not angry yet at June 11, 2012 05:40 PM (uVuwp)

218
Obama claims he saved General Motors.

We rate this claim indisputable.

Posted by: Politiflop at June 11, 2012 05:40 PM (9Cixk)

219 How come Politifact doesn't have a link to Obama's half-truths?

Posted by: Fritz at June 11, 2012 05:41 PM (ZN5qR)

220
"10 Cocks for Hillary."

NO FAIR!!!

Posted by: Huma Abedin at June 11, 2012 05:41 PM (JW/aG)

221 We rate the unexpected action in our mouths that we were promised would not happen as TASTY!

Posted by: Politifact at June 11, 2012 05:41 PM (tf9Ne)

222 "10 Cocks for Hillary."

NO FAIR!!!
Posted by: Huma Abedin at June 11, 2012 05:41 PM (JW/aG)
---------------------------------------------------
*squirt*

Posted by: A. Weiner at June 11, 2012 05:42 PM (jucos)

223 Obama is the best president ever!

Half True: FDR is first Obama is second.

Posted by: Politifiction at June 11, 2012 05:42 PM (gsy5B)

224 "10 Cocks for Hillary."

Don't forget that "Cocks are for closers!"

Posted by: Ed Gibbon at June 11, 2012 05:42 PM (4eNxd)

225 Mitt Romney claims that he did not personally participate in the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857. While it is true that Romney was not born until ninety years after the massacre the claim is technically true but because had he been born he might well have actively participated in the rape and murder of innocent non-Mormon settlers and because he was clearly there in spirit, we rate his claim as "half true".

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 11, 2012 05:43 PM (Hx5uv)

226
Obama claims that if he had a son, his son would look like Travelle Martin.

We examine all the evidence and we rate this claim as True.

Posted by: Politiflop at June 11, 2012 05:43 PM (9Cixk)

227

Obama is the best president ever!
Half True: FDR is first Obama is second.

Harsh Dude.

Posted by: Woodrow Wilson at June 11, 2012 05:43 PM (QupBk)

228 "Anyone who helps the Mujahideen find the whereabouts of Obama and Hillary Clinton will be rewarded with 10 Camels to the information leading to Obama and 10 hens and 10 cocks for Hillary," said senior Shabaab commander Fuad Mohamed Khalaf in a statement reported on numerous websites.

--------------------
Let me think about that for a minu........oh, okay.

Posted by: Hillary C. at June 11, 2012 05:45 PM (cQCm/)

229 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

****

Ace.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 11, 2012 05:45 PM (Hx5uv)

230
Is Obama is the best president ever?

Oh -- It's twue, it's twue!
Posted by Lili Von Politifact

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 11, 2012 05:46 PM (kdS6q)

231 looks like Sgt. York...ran out of torque?

*sunglasses*

YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

Posted by: DHChron at June 11, 2012 05:47 PM (FpBe1)

232 Quoting: "Actually, I'm going to cut PolitiFact some slack here -- but only some,
because I think they are being unclear about their rating."

Time and time again, the LSM lies like this...deadly poison cloaked under the alleged authority of so-called "journalism". I have to ask (and I'll try not to swear)...why should we cut these traitors and socialist-lovers ANY benefit of the doubt...ANY slack at all?! You are a better man than me, Ace!

Posted by: Mr_Write at June 11, 2012 05:47 PM (VJUQK)

233 Oops, Blob Beckel just admitted that dems are unpatriotic. He said on the Five that Lee Greenwoods song "God Bless the USA" is a Republican song

Posted by: Ma Bell, not angry yet at June 11, 2012 05:48 PM (uVuwp)

234 It is technically true that Obama ate at least one dog; however, in context, Obama never actually ate dogs.Posted by: Hrothgar (Medicated) at June 11, 2012 04:58 PM (i3+c5)
Since Obama has admitted eating, dog, but has never said he stopped eating dogs, it must be half-true that Obama still eats dogs.

Posted by: 141Driver at June 11, 2012 05:49 PM (/E3ql)

235 Oops, Blob Beckel just admitted that dems are unpatriotic. He said on
the Five that Lee Greenwoods song "God Bless the USA" is a Republican
song

So Beckel just Bidened?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 05:49 PM (8y9MW)

236

O/T

Harvard graduate Margo (Kickingbird) DeLaune and her son, Cole R. DeLaune, have penned a joint letter denouncing Elizabeth Warren's self-identifying claims.

saw it over at Townhall.com tipsheet

Posted by: WarrenHo at June 11, 2012 05:50 PM (HOOye)

237 Claim: Bill Clinton had a ten inch slong...

Politifacts: Half true

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at June 11, 2012 05:50 PM (phlKA)

238 Wow. Now that i've seen Madonna's saggy old dried up nipple, I can go to my grave content.

Posted by: maddogg at June 11, 2012 05:51 PM (OlN4e)

239 Biden - 1) v. to say something everyone knows is true, but your side wishes they could keep under wraps.
2) v. to say something so ridiculously stupid as to bring your ability to feed yourself into question.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 05:51 PM (8y9MW)

240 Claim: Madonna's 50 year old flapjacks are twice as hot with a cherry on top.

We rate this claim half true, - we only got a glimpse of one.

Posted by: Politifact at June 11, 2012 05:51 PM (ZN5qR)

241 CNBC: How the Fed is killing SLs

"The changes are part of the new regulatory landscape that has come about in response to the 2008 financial crisis."

Landscape by Bush. Obviously.

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at June 11, 2012 05:51 PM (vhwRj)

242 @148

Stay off my turf. You don't know the resources I have now.

Posted by: Jeanne Dixon's Astral Projection at June 11, 2012 05:51 PM (QjSgY)

243 Obama claims he killed Osama bin Laden.

Great point and analog. Politifact must acknowledge that Obama killing Osama is only a "Half Truth" given Barack wasn't actually, physical doing it, nor even having operational control -- that having been handed over to Adm. McRaven.

Thus, the case can be made that Gov. Romney's "half-truth" of having reduced unemployment to 4.7% is at least as true as President Obama's claim of having killed Osama bin Laden...

a 'half truth' which I like to think of as a "half lie" or Ź truth, the logical compliment of truth.

Posted by: Uriah Heep at June 11, 2012 05:54 PM (JdSQO)

244 Well, Material Girl, I wouldn't give five cents to see them both even if I got a free Twinkie.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 11, 2012 05:54 PM (Hx5uv)

245 This is like a movie reviewer deliberately inserting "THRILL RIDE OF THE SUMMER" just so the movie ad campaign will quote him.

Ace NEVER says that in his movie reviews.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 11, 2012 05:55 PM (c2oll)

246 Front page of Yahoo:

People are usually reluctant to admit their real feelings in surveys, but there's no doubt that our experiences and our prejudices play a part in the way we vote. In order to figure out whether racial bais
affected Barack Obama's results in the 2008 presidential election, Seth
Stephens-Davidowitz, a doctoral candidate in economics at Harvard
University, passed over easy-to-manipulate surveys and looked at data
from another source: online searches.

"You may have typed things into Google that you would hesitate to admit in polite company," he writes in a New York Times article "I certainly have. The majority of Americans have as well: We Google the word 'porn' more often than the word 'weather'."

"The results imply that, relative to the most racially tolerant areas in
the United States, prejudice cost Obama between 3.1 percentage points
and 5.0 percentage points of the national popular vote,"
Stephens-Davidowitz points out in his study. "This implies racial animus
gave Obama's opponent roughly the equivalent of a home-state advantage
country-wide."

According to this "highlly scientific" Google search research we're all a bunch of racists. Things must be bad for Barry if they have to resort to the white guilt card in June

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 11, 2012 05:55 PM (1Jaio)

247 >>>He said on

the Five that Lee Greenwoods song "God Bless the USA" is a Republican

song

You got it Bob. Hear that America, if you like the song God Bless the USA you are a Republican.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 11, 2012 05:57 PM (0q2P7)

248 So Beckel just Bidened?

..........................

Beckel always Bidens when he's Borked.

Posted by: Hillary C. at June 11, 2012 05:58 PM (cQCm/)

249 This is some amazing spin by politifact.

The quote from the ad

"Since Obama became president, gas prices have nearly doubled," the ad
says. "Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska. He gave millions of
tax dollars to Solyndra, which then went bankrupt. And he blocked the
Keystone pipeline. So we will all pay more at the pump."

And they rate it false. It made me dizzy just skimming their lies.

Some of the spin <whether he gave millions of dollars to Solyndra (a federal program for alternative energy did),>

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 11, 2012 05:58 PM (tf9Ne)

250 Politifact calls Rick Perry's claim that Obama is a Socialist not merely False, but "Liar Liar Pants On Fire!". This, despite the fact that Obama was a registered member of the Socialist New Party for at least 4 years. And didn't Newsweek declare that we are "all Socialists now"? Surely that should buy Perry at least a half-truth.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 11, 2012 05:58 PM (QxGmu)

251 Even though I am 100% wrong I am still 50% right.

Posted by: They call me Barky at June 11, 2012 05:59 PM (EcMtD)

252 Huh. Was hyper-linking disabled in comments?

Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 11, 2012 05:59 PM (QxGmu)

253 prejudice cost Obama between 3.1 percentage points and 5.0 percentage points of the national popular vote

On the other hand, how much did racial prejudice *gain* him?

Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2012 05:59 PM (FcR7P)

254 Surely that should buy Perry at least a half-truth.

***

What part of "Rick Perry" don't you understand?

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 11, 2012 06:00 PM (Hx5uv)

255

@246

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz smells like cottage cheese mixed with potting soil.

There, let him google that up.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 11, 2012 06:00 PM (kdS6q)

256 238 Wow. Now that i've seen Madonna's saggy old dried up nipple, I can go to my grave content.
Posted by: maddogg at June 11, 2012 05:51 PM (OlN4e)

Don't you want to hold on long enuff to witness her wrinkled old beaver to crawl out, see it's own 5 O'clock shadow, and disappear again for six more weeks with Anna Wintour?

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2012 06:00 PM (niZvt)

257 >>>Huh. Was hyper-linking disabled in comments?

Dude that is sooo March.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 11, 2012 06:00 PM (0q2P7)

258 BurtTC banned from commenting!

Half true???

Posted by: BurtTC at June 11, 2012 06:00 PM (2pG7H)

259 Oops forgot the link for 249

http://tinyurl.com/ca39nvm

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 11, 2012 06:00 PM (tf9Ne)

260 According to this "highlly scientific" Google search research we're all a bunch of racists.

Wait until November. The MFM will be delightfully unhinged.

Posted by: toby928Š at June 11, 2012 06:00 PM (QupBk)

261 Yes, apparently I'm only banned from work, so I got that going for me.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 11, 2012 06:01 PM (2pG7H)

262 Uh... arguing over 4.7%... is that really the road SCOAMF wants to go down?

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at June 11, 2012 06:01 PM (DGIjM)

263 Can't think of anything funny or sarcastic. So I will just say that they are scumbags.

Posted by: Call me Ishmael at June 11, 2012 06:01 PM (Uh+y6)

264 4.7%... You kiddin' me? Shit, they must have been making all kinds of thingamajigs!

Posted by: Barry O'context at June 11, 2012 06:01 PM (wAQA5)

265 Dude that is sooo March.

Why leave the bloody button, then?

Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 11, 2012 06:02 PM (QxGmu)

266 Barack Obama is the first half-Black, half-White African-American president.

PolitiFact: Half true.

Posted by: ChampionCapua at June 11, 2012 06:02 PM (ZY+lZ)

267 "You may have typed things into Google that you would hesitate to admit in polite company," he writes in a New York Times article "I certainly have. The majority of Americans have as well: We Google the word 'porn' more often than the word 'weather'."

What a fucking moron. I have a plethora of bookmarks for both pr0n and weather sites. Actually, more for weather, to be honest. Using Google to search for pr0n is like so last millennium. But so is the New York Times

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at June 11, 2012 06:02 PM (phlKA)

268 Off! Off! Nasty sock

Posted by: Soona - still banned at June 11, 2012 06:02 PM (cQCm/)

269 @Iowahawk 2+2=4: Half True, Because 3+1 Also = 4 #politifactratings

Posted by: Retread at June 11, 2012 06:02 PM (joSBv)

270 >>>Why leave the bloody button, then?

Just to taunt you. Kind of like the other buttons; Useless as teats on a bull. If you want formatting you have to manually insert it in [ ] and only italics, strikethrough, and bold actually work.

Someday though, we will get the new site with all the bells and whistles we could want. Someday....

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 11, 2012 06:04 PM (0q2P7)

271
Yeah, I can already see the commercial. Scary music. Black and white slo mo shot. Screen shot: "Half True. Politifact" Voice-over: "Mitt Romney claims he reduced Massachusetts unemployment to 4.7% but that was found to be a lie. The truth: he wanted to kill black children."

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at June 11, 2012 06:04 PM (qwK3S)

272 "Some of the spin <whether he gave millions of dollars to Solyndra (a federal program for alternative energy did),>"

He didn't give them millions! He gave them tens of millions! So neener.

Posted by: PolitiFaq at June 11, 2012 06:04 PM (+hPIb)

273 Net worth of American family falls during Obama administration: Only 40% True!

Posted by: Dang at June 11, 2012 06:05 PM (Ky1+e)

274
261 Yes, apparently I'm only banned from work, so I got that going for me.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 11, 2012 06:01 PM (2pG7H)

Would this be your work hash? Posted by: BurtTC at June 07, 2012 04:40 PM (TOk1P
Might help you in getting it unbanned if it was accidental.

Posted by: buzzion at June 11, 2012 06:06 PM (GULKT)

275 The picture I saw of SCoaMF's mom shws she's more albino than "white" per se. And wasn't there some nudes of her floating around?

Posted by: Up With People! at June 11, 2012 06:06 PM (iYvMQ)

276 Thanx all. I'm mostly a lurker anyway, and coming back to find all kinds of drama, bannings, and disabled thingies has been a bit of a surprise.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 11, 2012 06:07 PM (QxGmu)

277
"CNBC: How the Fed is killing SLs"

We decided that there were too many Amerikkkanz involved in the ownership and management of the SLs.

Not enough Scots-Irish.

Next.

Posted by: Benjamin Shalom MacBernanke at June 11, 2012 06:08 PM (JW/aG)

278 Just checked the main page. Ace has reviewed his own post.

We are through the looking glass, folks.

Posted by: fluffy at June 11, 2012 06:08 PM (z9HTb)

279 "@Iowahawk 2+2=4: Half True, Because 3+1 Also = 4 #politifactratings"

Brilliant! Though he could've taken it further. 2+2 only = 4 20% of the time, once given the variations of 0+4, 1+3, 3+1, and 4+0.

20% true puts us square in the "mostly false" range, and that's before we've even taken on anything beyond addition...

Posted by: reason at June 11, 2012 06:08 PM (+hPIb)

280 I'm still amazed that there are people out there that think the stimulus only failed because it wasn't big enough?

Do you know a number bigger than a trillion? 'Cause I suspect that's the only number they'd be satisfied with as "big enough."

And never mind that the main cheerleader for "the stimulus failed because it was too small" is Paul "Enron Adviser" Krugman.

Posted by: RoyalOil at June 11, 2012 06:09 PM (kSaUf)

281 Maybe PolitiFact uses a handicapping system for truth, like in golf (to use an analogy that Obama might understand).

To their credit, though, PolitiFact does give Democrats only half-truth status for blaming all the bad things in Massachusetts on Romney. At least they are somewhat consistent in giving Romney only partial credit/blame for things that happened in the state.

Fun fact: Obama has a 47% true or mostly true rating, and only 1% "pants on fire". Romney has only a 32% true or mostly true rating, and a whopping 10% "pants on fire". Does anyone, even the Obama Kool-Aid drinkers, really believe that Romney is telling whoppers ten times as often as Obama???

Posted by: Norcross at June 11, 2012 06:10 PM (RM0br)

282 This is not going to stick to Mitt either. Mitt is not the teflon guy. He is the mega super duper quadruple strength stealth teflon guy.

He could sell shamwows to the shamwow guy, at a hefty profit.

GTFO 2012

Posted by: GMB dieser mal auf meine Muttersprache at June 11, 2012 06:10 PM (kPe9l)

283 I know three Hilary Rosens.
Absolutely true.

Posted by: pat at June 11, 2012 06:12 PM (UFxap)

284 "@Iowahawk 2+2=4: Half True, Because 3+1 Also = 4 #politifactratings"

Brilliant! Though he could've taken it further. 2+2 only = 4 20% of
the time, once given the variations of 0+4, 1+3, 3+1, and 4+0.

20% true puts us square in the "mostly false" range, and that's before we've even taken on anything beyond addition...

Posted by: reason

Please send us your resume.

Posted by: Politifact at June 11, 2012 06:12 PM (Ky1+e)

285 Hey there, Billy Mays, looks like you've gotten some unsightly decomposition stains on your suit. You know, with OxyClean's amazing foaming action, it will be able to power away even the most stubborn rot-byproducts...

Posted by: Pitchman Mitt at June 11, 2012 06:13 PM (+hPIb)

286 >>>Do you know a number bigger than a trillion

Next one on the scale is quadrillion; most folks just use scientific notation at that point though. 1X10^12 $ ohh that looks really big. Maybe metric prefixes? 1 P$ That doesn't sound to big does it?

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 11, 2012 06:14 PM (0q2P7)

287 Whats with all the McCain interviews? Is FOX trying to re-balance Romneys chances by brining in that dolt as a spokesman? Hey McCain, STFU also!

Posted by: Up With People! at June 11, 2012 06:14 PM (iYvMQ)

288 He could sell shamwows to the shamwow guy, at a hefty profit.
...and Schticky's.

Posted by: Vince Shlomi at June 11, 2012 06:15 PM (wAQA5)

289 Ace: ...."Obama needs headlines like this to suggest that Mitt Romney is lying about the 4.7%. PolitiFact rides to his rescue, proving just such an ad-friendly headline."

I'm hoping this was just a typo, Ace.....and meant to say -- "providing"?
Because they didn't 'prove' a damn thing.
Well, other than what toadies they are.

Posted by: wheatie at June 11, 2012 06:15 PM (/V8D4)

290 "Please send us your resume."

My resume comes pre-rated. Mostly True. Don't bother with the references.

Posted by: reason at June 11, 2012 06:15 PM (+hPIb)

291 And wasn't there some nudes of her floating around?

Nude women? Never heard of them.

Posted by: Charles Gibson at June 11, 2012 06:15 PM (HtUdo)

292
280
I'm still amazed that there are people out there that think the stimulus only failed because it wasn't big enough?

Do you know a number bigger than a trillion? 'Cause I suspect that's the only number they'd be satisfied with as "big enough."

And never mind that the main cheerleader for "the stimulus failed because it was too small" is Paul "Enron Adviser" Krugman.

Posted by: RoyalOil at June 11, 2012 06:09 PM (kSaUf)
Perhaps Krugman has personal experience with things failing because they're too small...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 11, 2012 06:16 PM (FcKXR)

293 I know several Hillary Rosens, 1 Hillary Clinton (gag) a Sandra Fluke and Moochelle. That's all I know and I am still 50% right.

Posted by: They call me Barky at June 11, 2012 06:16 PM (EcMtD)

294 ...ain't that the truth...

Posted by: a rather unhappy Mrs. Gibson at June 11, 2012 06:17 PM (+hPIb)

295 it's 1/32nd true

Posted by: model_1066 at June 11, 2012 06:17 PM (YbQJm)

296 Here's some good spin from the NY Daily News:

"Last time, there ... just weren't enough reasons for enough white
voters to vote against the black guy, as much as they wanted to. This
time there are plenty."

Yeah, you were always a racist but now Obama's failure has given you enough cover to vote against him.

Link at Taranto.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 11, 2012 06:17 PM (Hx5uv)

297

Going from 5.7 to 4.7% isnt a 1% reduction.

Its an almost an 18% reduction in unemployment.

Use real math to watch lefties heads asplode.

Posted by: fixerupper at June 11, 2012 06:18 PM (ffV1/)

298 This 4.7% is most inconvenient for the Dems. They're trying to make numbers north of 8% the new AWESOME, and here Romney's pushing a number which has got to shock people. "Whoa, less than 5%, how is that even possible?" They'll need to point out a squirrel before people stop to consider how it's possible.

Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2012 06:18 PM (FcR7P)

299 >>>20% true puts us square in the "mostly false" range, and that's before we've even taken on anything beyond addition...

There you are assuming only two integer operands. You crazy cons always oversimplify complex issues. Assuming any number of operands, the single case 2+2=4 is an infinitesimally small part of the infinite set of mathematical operations that result in '4'. The case 2+2 share of the problem space actually mathematically approaches 0. Therefore 2+2=4 is entirely false. Lying Rethuglican scum; when will you hardheaded racists learn basic math?

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 11, 2012 06:19 PM (0q2P7)

300 "Use real math to watch lefties heads asplode."

Cut them a little slack. They were raised by public-union teachers since they were pups... Can you hold them accountable forunfamiliarity with concepts their teachers didn't even grasp?

Posted by: reason, mostly true at June 11, 2012 06:20 PM (+hPIb)

301
No, they frame it as "Romney had the slowest growth rate in employment of any state". Without adding the context that everyone that was employable had a job in the state. When you dip into the 4% range, you're into those that are unhireable.

Posted by: Up With People! at June 11, 2012 06:22 PM (iYvMQ)

302 287 Whats with all the McCain interviews? Is FOX trying to re-balance Romneys chances by brining in that dolt as a spokesman? Hey McCain, STFU also!

Posted by: Up With People! at June 11, 2012 06:14 PM (iYvMQ)
----------

Perhaps McCain is about to launch a new book...."Lessons in Losing".

It is my hope, that whatever advice McCain gives to Romney....Romney turns around and does exactly the opposite.

Posted by: wheatie at June 11, 2012 06:23 PM (/V8D4)

303 I believe this issue came up the other day when Ace was agonizing over the issue of anger, and how it was sinful.

I hope Ace reads this and posts his take (or judgement) on the issue.
It's about an angry father.
"Justified", IMO.

http://tinyurl.com/7todhaa

Posted by: Citizen jwb7605 enhancing his calm at June 11, 2012 06:24 PM (Qxe/p)

304 PolitiFact: Mostly wrong. Where do we vent our Soros hate nowadays?

Posted by: Jean at June 11, 2012 06:26 PM (EBBBm)

305 Speaking of Romney

"I don't know what he meant, I only know what he said. He said the private sector is doing fine and that's not the case. I mean, you need time lapse photography to detect any movement in this slow-growing economy," Romney senior Eric Fehrnstrom told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Monday afternoon.

That's a good 1: "you need time lapse photography to detect any movement in this slow-growing economy"

That must have burned Mitchell's ass. Horrible, horrilble woman that she is

Posted by: Ed Gibbon at June 11, 2012 06:27 PM (4eNxd)

306 >>>It's about an angry father.

If he had been able to control his temper in that situation, he'd be up for canonization.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 11, 2012 06:30 PM (0q2P7)

307
So... it is only half true. Does that mean the rate was half of 4.7? 2.35% under Romney? Wowee! That should be a headline.
If you speak in Newspeak... others will think in Newspeak.

Posted by: petunia at June 11, 2012 06:44 PM (hgrmi)

308 I fought these bozos for 2 months over Obama's use of signing statements. I had video evidence of his promise not to use them, and video evidence of him using them just after the election. They finally relented, but only rated it a *compromise*. They are NOT non-partisan.

Posted by: sybilll at June 11, 2012 06:50 PM (M2OWV)

309 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at June 11, 2012 06:53 PM (Xb3hu)

310 Regarding your update:

Obama claims he created 4.3 million jobs.

Would Politifact also call this a half-truth?

No, they wouldn't.

Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2012 07:04 PM (sEXZ/)

311 <<looks like Sgt. York...ran out of torque?>>

Yes, quit making me laugh while I'm feeling pissy...

(can't believe I screwed up that joke with that stupid typo)

Posted by: Sgt. York at June 11, 2012 07:15 PM (pqW4Y)

312 Cut'em some slack. Its hard to suck Obama's dick and check facts at the same time.

Posted by: Trailer Trash at June 11, 2012 08:22 PM (LfVII)

313 MAD Magazine explained it decades ago.

The movie critic writes, "This was the worst movie I've seen in the last five years. When it was over, I went to the projection room, knocked the projectionist out and set the film on fire. I felt so good watching it burn to a crisp!"

What the ad for the movies quotes:
"I felt so good watching it..!"

Posted by: mallfly at June 11, 2012 08:26 PM (bJm7W)

314 Check the Politifact right under that one.

Romney said he outsourced call center jobs to India.

Citibank outsourced call center jobs to India, not Romney. Romney just chose not to BAN the process from being allowed.

Therefore... also HALF TRUE?

Romney, in PolitiFact's eyes he gets half the credit for good things done as Governor, and half credit for bad things done buy ANY COMPANY IN THE STATE while he was Governor.

I don't see giving them credit for shit after that.

Posted by: gekkobear at June 11, 2012 08:32 PM (Oqqwu)

315
This is just the flip side of the leftards' "fake but true": that is, "true but fake".

Posted by: Brown Line at June 11, 2012 08:59 PM (AWkdn)

316 I dunno--this actually kind of frightens me. When you have so much disconnect that you can do this without any cognitive dissonance....this is not Sgt. Shultz material, this is pathological. I can see people that lap this up having no difficulty calling for the establishment of martial law if things don't go their way, and I HATE conspiracy theories.

But this makes that crap sound plausible.

Off to clean the bang-bang stick again.

Posted by: Xenophon at June 11, 2012 09:16 PM (gHBfR)

317 Hey Annenberg! Breitbart is here! Yeah, here. On 36th Street watching you in your fancy new building.

Posted by: Otto Zilch at June 11, 2012 09:49 PM (p01MN)

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