The fact checker at the Washington Post is having a conniption today. He had the job of supposedly checking the facts of the Romney acceptance speech in order to come up with places that Romney lied. After all, the latest attack line from the Obamacrats is that the Republican convention was one lie after another. It is a strange attack and one not likely to work, but they are throwing everything into it. Still, I actually feel sorry for the reporters who are supposed to seem fair as they check facts while knowing that to satisfy their bosses, they have to find against the GOP. Here are some examples from today's Washington Post:
1) Mitt Romney said this: “Family income has fallen by $4,000, but health insurance premiums are higher, food prices are higher, utility bills are higher, and gasoline prices have doubled.” This cannot be denied. Government statistics from Obama's own government back this up. The fact checker, however, starts to stammer that further back in time, gas prices were higher than they were when Obama took office. Somehow, this is supposed to turn the truth into a lie. Really? That is the best this reporter can come up with?
2) Mitt Romney said: “And unlike the president, I have a plan to create 12 million new jobs.” Our trusty fact checker again calls out Romney for the statement. No, there's no denying that Romney has such a plan. Instead, the Washington Post fact checker denounces the Romney statement because it comes to only 250,000 jobs created per month over four years. Hello! Mr. Fact Checker! Did you bother to look at how many jobs have been created in the last four months? The number under Obama is around 80,000 jobs. That makes 250,000 per month look pretty damn good. In fact, with 250,000 jobs per month, the unemployement rate will go down. Under Obama the last few months, the unemployement rate has been going up.
There's more, but you get the idea.
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