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trailmonkee

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Thu Sep 6, 2012, 08:24 AM Sep 2012

Fact check: Bill Clinton at the DNC [View all]

Source: des moines register/usa today/factcheck.org

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (USA TODAY) — 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.

Read more: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/usatoday/article/57627036?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CIowa%20Politics%20Insider%7Cs



45 min speech, this is all they could find? If you read the article, at one point, when they were referring to his energy import use dropping stat, they actually used the term 'substantially correct', ....
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Fact check: Bill Clinton at the DNC [View all] trailmonkee Sep 2012 OP
Can we now safely say that RomneyRyan are bald-face liars? And Dems are not? rfranklin Sep 2012 #1
that would be a yes :) trailmonkee Sep 2012 #3
Anyone who says "They both do it" needs to be fact-checked. Bucky Sep 2012 #4
Or better yet, have their heads examined ailsagirl Sep 2012 #16
Yes! This false equivalency thing is ludicrous. Jennicut Sep 2012 #7
hard to counter that in a two party system trailmonkee Sep 2012 #23
Ding ding we have a winner malaise Sep 2012 #20
Those pesky fact checkers! mindfulNJ Sep 2012 #2
This is key from the article, and DUers who are quick to blame Obama MUST stop!!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2012 #5
+1 trailmonkee Sep 2012 #8
Comparison Red v Blue: Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #10
K and R this one Kingofalldems Sep 2012 #6
My RW friends on facebook... ewagner Sep 2012 #9
that was bills strategy, so many facts that they'll be fact checking for the next 60 days! trailmonkee Sep 2012 #19
They dont need time for that seeing as they are ones 24/7 already. nt cstanleytech Sep 2012 #25
K&R n/t proReality Sep 2012 #11
And more pesky facts from the article that need to be spread around: Arkansas Granny Sep 2012 #12
+1 trailmonkee Sep 2012 #13
I'm betting they ignore it chloes1 Sep 2012 #22
expect to see "a fact-checker's nightmare" in GOP ads n/t Enrique Sep 2012 #14
then they need to fact check the 'fact checkers nightmare' ad, which is a fact checkers nightmare! trailmonkee Sep 2012 #18
We don't need to lie when the facts are on our side. corkhead Sep 2012 #15
We don't need to lie when the facts are on our side. AlbertCat Sep 2012 #21
Big Dog Delivers! nt onehandle Sep 2012 #17
Far better than the Associated Press crap. ieoeja Sep 2012 #24
That's Playing Dirty Wild Bill oldsarge54 Sep 2012 #26
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