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Fact Check: The myths that wouldn't go away(Laughing so hard I barfed!)
AP ^ | November 3, 2008 | CALVIN WOODWARD,

Posted on 11/03/2008 9:45:52 AM PST by Toddsterpatriot

WASHINGTON – Facts have taken a beating in Campaign '08.

Each in his own way, John McCain and Barack Obama have produced enduring myths, amplified by their running mates and supporters. When a non-licensed plumber who owes back taxes and would get a tax cut under Obama is held out by McCain as a stand-in for average working Americans who should vote Republican, you know truth-telling is taking a back seat to myth-making.

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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: assclown
When a Marxist is within striking distance of the White House.....you know truth-telling is taking a back seat to myth-making.
1 posted on 11/03/2008 9:45:54 AM PST by Toddsterpatriot
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To: 1rudeboy; Mase; expat_panama; Rusty0604; Jim 0216; xjcsa; VegasCowboy; groanup

LOL! Ping!


2 posted on 11/03/2008 9:46:23 AM PST by Toddsterpatriot (When you said to me, you are not so old, did I know it then, 'cause I had just been told)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

That was an Obama commercial, and a misleading myth-making article.


3 posted on 11/03/2008 9:51:54 AM PST by I'm ALL Right! (Joe Biden: The Michael Scott of politics)
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To: Toddsterpatriot
When a non-licensed plumber who owes back taxes and would get a tax cut under Obama is held out by McCain as a stand-in for average working Americans who should vote Republican, you know truth-telling is taking a back seat to myth-making.

And when unresearched, biased BS takes the place of journalism, you can bet the author is an NOC 0bamoron.

NOC = N*** On Chin

4 posted on 11/03/2008 10:02:36 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - but they know what's best.)
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To: Toddsterpatriot
This is yet another example of why it will be good if the Associated Press dies, along with the print media who regurgitate the pre-chewed trash that the AP vomits up.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article, "Smoke and Mirrors," the Anderson Analysis

The Declaration, the Constitution, parts of the Federalist, and America's Owner's Manual, here.

5 posted on 11/03/2008 10:05:30 AM PST by Congressman Billybob (www.AmericasOwnersManual.com)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

It’s the AP, what do you expect?


6 posted on 11/03/2008 10:06:37 AM PST by RetiredArmy (God speaks & Americans ignore. So, maybe now He is going too act . . . you will notice, believe me.)
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To: I'm ALL Right!

Yep...almost as bad as the Yahoo Fact Checking test.


7 posted on 11/03/2008 10:08:39 AM PST by arderkrag (Libertarian Nutcase (Political Compass Coordinates: 9.00, -2.62 - www.politicalcompass.org))
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To: Toddsterpatriot

There’s a persistent myth that the AP is a news organization.


8 posted on 11/03/2008 10:09:05 AM PST by Question Liberal Authority (Make your own damn pie.)
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