We've been rating Ron Paul since the 2008 campaign, the last time he ran for president. All told, we’ve rated 28 statements from him, as well as a couple of interesting attacks against him.
His overall record leans toward truth. We’ve rated seven statements True and seven statements Mostly True, on issues such as his claim about torture, the size of the U.S. military stationed abroad, and foreign aid to Israel and the Arab ...
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I am impressed by the detailed research, but am not sure I agree with every last one of the conclusions PolitiFact came to based on that research.
Another example of issues with PolitiFact and their choice of statements is a problem. They should have chosen other statements that would help to understand Representative Ron Paul’s position.
The cute graphic “truth-o-meters” rate some of Ron Pauls’s statements as true–real barn burners such as marriage licenses and campaign contributions–one of the other true statements, expanding healthcare under Bush, doesn’t tell the whole truth. Mainly that drug companies were the real healthcare winners. Paul’s more important four false and two pants on fire statements about federal bailouts, the budget, tax increases in his state, and the “last Christians leaving Iraq” require reader participation in order to read PolitiFact’s rather weak explanations. Frankly, FactCheck is ten-times the better source for fact checking.
Never in my 75 years have I ever been exposed to a greater collection of morons than those who comprise the group laughingly referred to as Republican Presidential Candidates. PRESIDENT? Who the Hell are they kidding? Not one of them is qualified to be garbage collector. And considering their rhetoric, “garbage” is an apt description.
Excellent journalism. Paul May be a flake but he doesn't change his opinions of facts - like his co-candidates
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