Lies, Damn Lies, and Scumbag Politicians

[xoxoxoBruce]

Why, you don't believe PolitiFact, or you don't think it's fair because they don't check the same number of facts for each candidate, or because it doesn't jib with your opinion?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Speaking of lies, I got an email forwarded to me today. She sends them and waits for my rebuttal, usually just a snopes link, rather than checking herself.

This one was a beaut, "6 times in 70 years"

It was sent from wop308@aol.com to rickrice10@yahoo.com, on 12-17-15, so not internet flotsam from years ago.
From Richard in went to 27 other people, many of them businesses, then to her, then me.
Usually they have many more addresses, because nobody bothers to strip them.

It's a long one, laid out all theatrically to build anticipation even though I know what's coming, but the bottom line is in the last 70 years, only six times the US president didn't visit the D-Day memorial in France on D-Day.
Then it goes on how the Nigerian in the White House accounts for all six, and doesn't honor fallen Americans, outlines his schedule on each D-Day, blah, blah, blah.

Uh, let me check that.
The truth is US presidents who went to the D-Day celebration at the D-Day Memorial in France, on D-Day were;
Ronald Reagan on the 40th anniversary
Bill Clinton on the 50th anniversary
George W Bush went to the Virginia memorial on D-Day for the 60th and France for a different celebration on Memorial Day, so we'll give him a yes.
Barack Obama on the 65th anniversary
Barack Obama for the 70th anniversary

Actually the accusations are more convoluted and the links go into it, but I've given you the basics.
But none of those people check, just forward, because these lies serve to reinforce their hate a couple times a week.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/dday.asp
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...-president-no/

[classicman]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Why, you don't believe PolitiFact, or you don't think it's fair because they don't check the same number of facts for each candidate, or because it doesn't jib with your opinion?

They are extremely biased & they check the most ridiculous things for "their" candidates. My opinions don't jib with any side, party or group.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Biased? If a politician says the sky is falling, it is or it ain't. If it ain't that's a pants-on-fire. If you want to say rain qualifies as the sky falling, then it's true somewhere, but still misleading and partly false. They check what's currently in the newspaper and internet headlines, which is why the have so many for Trump and much less for Carson and the rest.