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Politics & Legal > Just How Truthful Are Politicians?
 

Just How Truthful Are Politicians?





For those like me who wonder just how true politicians really are in their advertising, a good source to turn to is Politifact.com, a non-partisan source that keeps a constant watchful eye on both Democrats and Republicans.
The site currently has several posts evaluating the advertisements that are running around the nation for various candidates.  One of the things researchers found is that the themes were the same throughout the United States...only the name of the candidate changed.
As one of Politifact's researchers stated in a post entitled "The Voter Guide:  Seven Key Distortions of the Campaign", 

With so many political jobs at stake around the country this year, you might expect campaigns would be different from state to state. But in fact-checking the campaigns, we've been surprised at the similarities. Candidates are reading from the same scripts regardless of whether they're running in California or Florida, in Nevada or Indiana.

And so we present our Voter's Guide for Election Day, a handy summary of the main claims we've checked. The links will take you to more in-depth reports and complete sources. Chances are, you've heard these lines and you may have wondered if they were true. 

They're Cutting Medicare!

Republicans Want To Privatize Medicare.

Obamacare!

The Largest Tax Increase In History?

The Stimulus:  Jobs for Asia, Ants For Africa.

Foreign Money In Politics

Finally, The Deciding Vote.
To learn more about these issues, go to https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2010/oct/28/voter-guide-seven-key-distortions-2010-election/

If you immediately begin criticizing this as a Democratic post,  I'll know you didn't read what the author had to say, so better read her comments first.




posted on Oct 31, 2010 11:24 AM ()

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As you know, it is the same here as in Texas. Jari Askins is branded as
being in Obama's camp and too liberal for Oklahoma. I hope you got an
absentee ballot.
comment by elderjane on Nov 1, 2010 6:43 AM ()
These idiot voters may get their way; but they'll all be crying a year from now.
reply by redimpala on Nov 1, 2010 6:45 AM ()
Truthful and politicians in the same sentence?!?!?!?!? I think the move has ready affected your brain!
comment by greatmartin on Oct 31, 2010 1:58 PM ()
But you notice I have a big "question mark" at the end of the sentence.
reply by redimpala on Oct 31, 2010 7:03 PM ()
This has been a very nauseous this year.I am fed up with the lot of them.
Yes,will vote for my party,but not too happy with them.
Cannot change over for they are worse.But will vote and let my fingers do the walking.
comment by fredo on Oct 31, 2010 12:52 PM ()
I am sick of them too. I can't wait til this election is over, so we don't have to listen to their crap.
reply by redimpala on Oct 31, 2010 7:02 PM ()
Even state politics have become a nation-wide issue to the point that we have people like Carl Rove writing ads for our local politicians. May he burn in hell.
comment by troutbend on Oct 31, 2010 11:55 AM ()
He and a whole bunch more just like him. You should hear some of the ads that are running in Texas. We have people running for governor and lt. governor attacking Obama. What does that have to do with the issues of the state? It turns my stomach.
reply by redimpala on Oct 31, 2010 12:02 PM ()

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