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Fact-checking the Arizona presidential debate

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

PolitiFact - By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan - Feb. 23 (Fact Check) - Wednesday night's Republican debate in Arizona was a welcome return of our favorite show, but it ended with something of a cliffhanger. It was Episode 20, but because no more Republican debates are scheduled, it's possible it was the last of the season. The debate covered some familiar ground and had plenty of interesting new claims. We'll be updating this story as we post new Truth-O-Meter items. Mitt Romney repeated a couple of claims on the Democratic health care law that we've checked before. He said he opposed the law because, "I don't believe the federal government should cut Medicare by some $500 billion."

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Fact-Mauling in Mesa

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

FactCheck - By Eugene Kiely, Robert Farley, Lori Robertson, Brooks Jackson - Feb. 23 (Fact Check) - The four remaining GOP presidential candidates met in Mesa, Ariz., for another debate, and mauled a few facts. Rick Santorum claimed earmarks were done in an “open” process during his time in Congress. Mitt Romney said dispensing morning-after pills to rape victims was “entirely voluntary” for Catholic hospitals in Massachusetts. … More >>

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Arizona Debate: Conservative Chickens Come Home to Roost

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Rolling Stone - By Matt Taibbi - Feb. 23 (Opinion) - Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich at the Republican Presidential Debate in Mesa, Arizona. Throughout this entire process, the spectacle of these clowns thrashing each other and continually seizing and then fumbling frontrunner status

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Republican Debate Review

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Bill Maher - Feb. 23 (Opinion) - The Republicans sure have the right symbol with the elephant. Republican debates are nothing but elephants in the room. The biggest of which must be: to someone out there who's hurting, they spend the whole two hours yammering away about earmarks and ill

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Ron Paul Is Being Cheated Out of the Republican Nomination

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

infowars.com - Feb. 22 (News) - Paul Joseph Watson | The GOP establishment has resorted to vote fraud in almost every state.

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Maine Caucus Offers an Opportunity for Paul

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Nate Silver - Feb. 12 (Opinion) - The state has been fertile territory for independent candidates, which could represent an opportunity for Ron Paul, the only remaining Republican candidate who has yet to win a state.

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Maddow: Does Ron Paul’s Delegate ‘Sneak Attack’ Strategy Undermine Voter Will?

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

infowars.com - Feb. 11 (News) - You Tube | Doug Wead on The Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC 2/10/12

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Paul: 'I Was The Only Candidate' Who Didn't Kiss Trump's Ring

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - Feb. 05 (News) - Ron Paul claimed he didn't get the endorsement of Donald Trump because he was the only Republican presidential "candidate that didn't kiss his ring." Paul...

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Will Ron Paul win more delegates this week than Gingrich, Santorum?

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Christian Science Monitor - Jan. 31 (News) - Ron Paul is likely to win more delegates to the 2012 GOP convention than either Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum this week. Wait. What? That's why he campaigned in Maine this weekend. ...

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Ron Paul is the only candidate who stands against tyranny

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

infowars.com - Jan. 28 (News) - Paul Craig Roberts | Both Republicans and Democrats have demonstrated disregard for the civil liberty protections guaranteed by the US Constitution.

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Did Ron Paul Lose Iowa Delegates?

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

infowars.com - Jan. 23 (News) - Kurt Nimmo | CNN and CBS are reporting wildly divergent numbers following the South Carolina primary.

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Noam Chomsky on Ron Paul

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

readersupportednews.org - By Noam Chomsky - Jan. 19 (Opinion) - it goes across the board. In fact, it goes through the whole so-called Libertarian ideology. It may sound nice on the surface but if you think it through, it's just a call for corporate tyranny. It takes away any barrier to corporate tyranny. But, it's all academic. The business world would never permit it to happen because it would destroy the economy. They can't live without a powerful state, and they know it.

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Top three revel in their New Hampshire primary victories

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Robin Abcarian, Seema Mehta - Jan. 11 (News Report) - 'We made history!' winner Mitt Romney tells his cheering crowd. Second-place Ron Paul touts a win 'for the cause of liberty,' while Jon Huntsman, in third, strikes a jubilant pose.

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Editorial: The Republican Contest

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Editorial - Jan. 10 (Opinion) - From Iowa’s social conservative fight to New Hampshire’s economic fantasies, the presidential hopefuls are deluding themselves and trying to delude the voters.

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Paul Rieckhoff: A Message to All Candidates: Our Troops Aren't Props

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Paul Rieckhoff - Jan. 10 - Our troops are many things to many people. Heroes, parents, diplomats, victims, villains, victors. But as the GOP Primary races roll through New Hampshire this...

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Indecision 2012 - Romspringa

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Show - By Jon Stewart - Jan. 04 (Comedy News) - Republican voters go through a rite of passage wherein they desperately explore every possible option before ultimately and unhappily voting for Mitt Romney.

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Iowa: The Meaningless Sideshow Begins

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Rolling Stone - By Matt Taibbi - Jan. 03 (Opinion) - The 2012 presidential race officially begins today with the caucuses in Iowa, and we all know what that means … Nothing. The race for the White House is normally an event suffused with drama, sucking eyeballs to the page all over the globe. Just as even the non-British were at least temporarily engaged by last year’s royal wedding, people all over the world are normally fascinated by the presidential race: both dramas arouse the popular imagination as real-life versions of universal children’s fairy tales. Instead of a tale about which maiden gets to marry the handsome prince, the campaign is an epic story, complete with a gleaming white castle at the end, about the battle to succeed to the king’s throne. Since the presidency is the most powerful office in the world, the tale has appeal for people all over the planet, from jungles to Siberian villages.

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Rep. Ron Paul and the Truth-O-Meter

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

PolitiFact - By Angie Drobnic Holan - Dec. 28 (Fact Check) - 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 world. We’ve rated four statements Half True, which included two attacks on Gov. Rick Perry.

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Op-Ed Columnist: G.O.P. Monetary Madness

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Paul Krugman - Dec. 15 (Opinion) - When it comes to views on economics, Republicans have been consistent, clear and wrong.

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Fact checking the CNN national security debate

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Glenn Kessler - Nov. 23 (Fact Check) - Hello, “Steve Gates.” While Rep. Michele Bachmann may have trouble living that blooper down, here are some of the more dubious assertions and facts we heard at the fascinating CNN debate Tuesday night, organized with the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation. We examine 15 statements in all, and as is our practice, may come back to do a deeper look in the coming days.

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Ron Paul says torture is banned under U.S., international law

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

PolitiFact - By Louis Jacobson - Nov. 15 (Fact Check) - During the CBS-National Journal Republican presidential debate in Spartanburg, S.C. , on Nov. 12, 2011, one of the moderators, Major Garrett, invited Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, into a discussion of torture. Both Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and former Go

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Checking Ron Paul and Barack Obama on torture

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

PolitiFact - By Louis Jacobson - Nov. 15 (Fact Check) - On Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, in South Carolina at the Republican candidates' debate, the subject was foreign policy. When the subject of waterboarding detainees came up, both Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and former Godfather's Pizza executive Herman Cain said they favored allowing interrogators to use the practice of simulating drowning to elicit information from a detainee. Waterboarding was permitted under the George W. Bush administration, but the policy was rescinded soon after President Barack Obama took office. Then moderator Major Garrett asked Paul for his opinion. Paul responded that "torture is illegal by our laws. It's illegal by international laws." ... >>More

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Fact checking the South Carolina debate

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Glenn Kessler - Nov. 14 (Fact Check) - The GOP candidates met for a debate Saturday night sponsored by CBS and the National Journal, with a specific focus on foreign policy and national security. In foreign policy, there is often no right or wrong answer; the results of a policy are often ambiguous and its effectiveness is usually only determined by history. Still, there were a number of statements made by the candidates that were factually challenged, exaggerated or lacking context. Read full article ...

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Fact checking the CNBC debate

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Glenn Kessler - Nov. 11 (Fact Check) - Well, we’re glad we don’t have to fact check the number of federal agencies Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants to eliminate. Though the CNBC debate may only be remembered for the very awkward moment when Perry could only name two of the three on his list, here are some of the more dubious facts we heard last night — some of which were suggested by readers using #factcheckthis on Twitter or our Facebook page. As always, we may look deeper at some of these issues later in the week.

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Ron Paul declared winner of Illinois Republican straw poll

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - Nov. 06 (News) - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Ron Paul was declared the winner on Saturday of a weeklong Republican presidential straw poll in Democratic President Barack Obama's home state of Illinois.Texas Congressman Paul won

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