Debate One: One Lie, Four Repeated Errors
Well, I didn’t watch much, but I just read what FactCheck.org said about it. According to them, the only outright lie seems to have come from Mr. McCain, McCain was way off the mark when he said that earmarks in federal appropriations bills had tripled in the last five years…In fact, earmarks have actually gone down.
I really wanted an outright lie from Mr. Obama too, but there was not any last night.
Then, these bugged me:
…McCain repeated a misleading line we’ve heard before.
Obama was out of date…As we’ve said before…
McCain repeated an exaggerated claim…
McCain repeated the false insinuation…
Each with a link to past articles that that showed the correction. It’s one thing to goof, but to do it again? Ok, perhaps the log is in my eye for there splinter, but I’m a simpleton, they are going to be in the position formally known as the most powerful person in the free world. Mr. McCain forwent correction three times, and Mr. Obama once. So I guess the Dems win this one too. Most of the others corrections, though worthy of FackCheck.org, where trivial.
As I think both Democrats and Republicans politician have been sticking it to fellow Americans for decades, I really wanted the misinformation to be more even.
