In my view, this piece from Mark Steyn aptly characterizes "Fact Checks":
<http://www.ocregister.com/articles/joe-plumber-fact-2198643-obama- check> Perhaps the Snarky One will agree. On Oct 18, 2008, at 5:29 AM, Mugsy Lunsford wrote: > I'm not sure if explaining it yet again will have any impact on those > who refuse to read, but hey, this one showed up in the feed: > > <http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/oct/17/nut- > job-gop-links-acorn-obama/> > > " In 1992, Obama directed Project Vote, "an arm of ACORN that also > encouraged voter registration," according to the McCain campaign. > Obama did direct Project Vote, but it is a separate organization from > ACORN. This year, Project Vote and ACORN worked together on a > nationwide voter registration drive, and they have worked together on > other initiatives in the past. But they are separate organizations. > We didn't find any evidence to indicate they had a relationship > during the 1992 Illinois drive. And even if they did, Obama clearly > directed the drive for the Project Vote organization. We couldn't > find any allegations of impropriety related to the 1992 drive. We > rate this statement False." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
