You know, it’s starting to be old hat bashing Politifact for its partisan “analysis” of various politicos’ statements, but this one is particularly outrageous. The target is GOP Rep. Mike Pence of Ohio Indiana and his “half true” statement is this: "To use money from the TARP fund in the manner that is being discussed […]
The Atlantic magazine’s Andrew Sullivan embarrassed himself and his publication during last year’s presidential campaign when he continually aired irresponsible and false claims that GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin wasn’t the mother of Trig. Sullivan suggested that Palin was covering for her oldest daughter Bristol. Once it was revealed that Bristol too was pregnant […]
The AP reported Saturday that newly released documents show that “Cheney told FBI he didn’t know who leaked Plame’s identity.” This really isn’t news, but it’s still on CNN’s front page three days later. The article is interesting because it weaves a story of suspicion and innuendo without telling you one important fact: Who did […]
Newt Gingrich needs to do a serious mea culpa. For those of you who haven’t been following the 23rd Congressional District in New York race, here’s a quick recap. The seat came open when President Barack Obama nominated the Republican who held the seat to be his Secretary of the Army. In response, the local […]
Former Bush 43 adviser Karl Rove made a statement on Fox News the other day that Politifact.com decided needed to be fact-checked. Rove’s statement: “Obama used to be a lawyer for ACORN.” Now, this is a fairly straightforward statement. It seems to me that it can only be “true” or “false.” There’s no gray there. […]
There’s been a big brouhaha in the media in the days after President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress in which he didn’t say anything new on the subject of health care. The faux outrage has centered on Rep. Joe Wilson’s (R-S.C.) outburst of “You lie!” to President Obama’s claim that Democrat health […]
House Democrats have taken the unusual step of barring their GOP counterparts from sending out informative mailers to their constituents with this chart outlining the Democrats’ healthcare plan. [Click picture for full-size PDF document] I get these mailers from time to time and I must confess I usually spend a grand total of 60 seconds […]
Here's an excellent video of GOP Sen. Jim DeMint grilling an Obama administration nominee on the position the U.S. has taken vis a vis Honduras. The Obama administration appears to believe that the Honduran constitution requires some sort of trial to remove a president who has violated his oath of office. That's certainly true here […]
There's a lot of hubbub in the right blogosphere over soon-to-be-former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's resignation, what it says about her political past and what it means for her political future. If she's running for national office in 2012 or 2016, I don't think she's got much of a chance. There would've been nothing wrong […]
I think that's a little nicer than the Exurban League's characterization of retired Gen. Colin Powell's sudden realization that President Obama is a tax-and-spend liberal. Colin Powell, one of President Obama's most prominent Republican supporters, expressed concern Friday that the president's ambitious blitz of costly initiatives may be enlarging the size of government and the […]