Politifact examines Joe the Plumber's claim that Obama's parents were communist

[Marzupialis]

Joe made the claim recently in Ohio; and the site reaches the conclusion that Joe is full of s***.

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"The evidence that Wurzelbacher produced doesn’t back his claim. There does not seem to be any proof that Obama’s mother was a communist. Nor does the 1965 paper authored by Obama’s estranged father verify that he was a communist. And authors of books on Obama say there’s no evidence that Obama’s parents were communists.

We give Wurzelbacher’s incendiary statement a False rating"

[monmouth]

1. Joe wants to make money like Sara did. Another of his dreams dashed..Jerk..n/t

[gratuitous]

2. Wow, Politifact got one right?

I'd have thought that Not-Joe the Not-a-Plumber would get at least a "mostly false" due to Politifact's estimation that since the claim is "out there," it's not really Not-Joe's fault.

[ProSense]

3. Screw Politifact

It should be "pants on fire," but then again Politifact has no credibility.

[struggle4progress]

4. Joe seems to be running against Kaptur (D) in OH-9

[CJCRANE]

5. Politifact examines Joe the Plumber's claim...that he's a plumber.

I'd like to see that fact checked.

[libinnyandia]

6. Who really cares?

[Enrique]

7. he is confusing him with Rick Santorum

whose coal-mining grandfather he was always talking about was a bona fide Communist, though Santorum never mentioned that.