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Sheepshank

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1. ....and we pass "Fact Check" muster :)

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Thu Sep 6, 2012, 10:41 AM

Sep 2012

http://factcheck.org/2012/09/our-clinton-nightmare/

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former President Bill Clinton’s stem-winding nomination speech was a fact-checker’s nightmare: lots of effort required to run down his many statistics and factual claims, producing little for us to write about.

Republicans will find plenty of Clinton’s scorching opinions objectionable. But with few exceptions, we found his stats checked out.

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Does anyone else find it interesting/exciting how topical DU tends to be? [View all] Sheepshank Sep 2012 OP

....and we pass "Fact Check" muster :) Sheepshank Sep 2012 #1

Yes. treestar Sep 2012 #2

It was an amazing speech Sheepshank Sep 2012 #3