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These Are 5 of the Biggest Lies Told on the First Day of the DNC

Sep. 5, 2012 11:09am Billy Hallowell

With the Democratic convention underway, fact-checkers have already pored over the first day of coverage, looking for tidbits of untruth, outright lies and verbal blunders. Not surprisingly — after all, this is politics and many politicians, regardless of party, have a penchant for stretching the truth — numerous deceptive statements were identified.

5 of the Biggest Lies Told on the First Day of the DNC

President Barack Obama (AP File Photo)

FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, found a plethora of lies and presented them, in detail, on Wednesday morning. The Washington Post’s The Fact Checker did the same. Going speaker-by-speaker and point-by-point, both outlets noticed oddities in discussions and comments about taxation, job growth under Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts and statistics surrounding equal pay, to name just a few problematic subjects.

Here are five of the most pervasive lies:

1) During the keynote address, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro claimed that Romney would raise taxes on the middle class — something the candidate has pledged not to do. There’s no real evidence at this point that this statement holds any validity.

2) Romney’s personal taxes, too, were on the docket. During his speech, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said, “We learned that he [Mitt Romney] pays a lower tax rate than middle-class families.” The Fact Checker notes that this comment — or a variation of it, rather — once earned the Obama campaign Three Pinocchios. WaPo explains:

Romney certainly made a lot of money in 2010 — $21.7 million, according to his tax return — and yet his tax rate was about 13.9 percent. As we have noted before, he achieves this rate because much of his income is treated as capital gains and dividends, which are taxed at a preferential rate of 15 percent, and because he donates about 14 percent of his income to charity.

3) Jobs, too, were on the agenda. Castro said that there have been 4.5 million “new jobs” under president Obama’s watch. This, too, is not the complete truth. The economy, as FactCheck.org highlights, recovered 4 million jobs (of the 4.3 million lost) since the president took office.

4) As far as the economic health of Massachusetts goes, one speaker, a Democratic governor, charged that Romney ”left his state 47th out of 50 in job growth.” In reality, the state, moved from 50th in job creation during the governor’s first year at the helm to 28th when it came to Romney’s final year (47th was the average when all years were considered throughout his term).

5) FactCheck.org also reports that equal pay advocates misrepresented the numbers surrounding the disparity between men and women in the workforce. While their insinuation that women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men is true, this is an overall average. When it comes to women and men doing the same work, the gap is much smaller. Also, the disparity may not be attributable to job discrimination (or it may have a minimal impact).

A fascinating addition at the end of The Fact Checker’s analysis is a charge that the Democratic Party is being dishonest about its history on race and civil rights. On the party’s web site, a historical analysis claims, “For more than 200 years, our party has led the fight for civil rights, health care, Social Security, workers’ rights, and women’s rights.”

Despite the fact that this had nothing to do with examining the first day of the convention — which was the purpose of The Fact Checker’s analysis — The Washington Post went on to correct the Democratic record, writing:

It certainly appears to ignore the party’s long and troubled history with race, literally leaping from the “200 years” phrase to 1920, when the women’s suffrage amendment was enacted.

The Web history mentions the leadership of President Woodrow Wilson in helping pass the 19th amendment, without noting that he was a racist or that he repressed civil liberties — even to the point of jailing one of his rivals for the presidency in 1914 (socialist Eugene Debs). [...]

The highly sanitized Web version looks silly by failing to mention such unpleasant facts.

Truly, a fascinating gut-check, especially considering the party’s continued choice to ignore these historical blemishes.

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RLTW
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:59am
The only thing that matters to these people is the lie, they lie in order to blind the masses he lie is the only principle of progressive political action.

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- anomnomnommm
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:11pm
  You are all hypocrites of the worst kind. Beck and Blazers bash fact check organizations as liberal elite media machines and then snuggle up to their findings as soon as it suits them. Get real.
- Yeah_Buddy
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:36pm
  DNC speaker Steve Martin from The Jerk…
  
  “…I was born…a poor black child….”
  
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- cessna152
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:41pm
  Remember the KKK was started by Democrats, Communist party USA as well and Civil rights bill was shelved/held up by none other than the touted, loving Robert C. Byrd….Democrat Klansman.
  
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- Ethereal
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:57pm
  @anomnomnommm
  So then tell us anomnomnommm, are you stating the factcheck here is accurate or not accurate? Did you leap on board with the accusations against Ryan and just not say anything because now you can spew a little crap? I dont know you so I wont accuse you of this but from my life experience most people who point a finger can just as easily point it at themselves.
  
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- Godfather.1
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:05pm
  This is the worst attempt to claim that Democrats are lying I’ve ever seen. Most of the article acknowledges that what was said is true, but then tries to spin it another way to make it false. This was the exact thing TheBlaze “reporters” and “journalists” tried to do with the fact checkers on the RNC. That article could be summed up as, “yes, the Republicans were lying, but Obama sucks so it doesn’t matter.”
  
  Way to go Billy Hallowell! Glenn has taught you well.
  
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- hawaiianninja
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:09pm
  @anomnomnommm: LOL! That’s like the pot calling the kettle black. Since you’ve made up your mind about Beck and the Blazers (Good name for a band, BTW), and you’re obviously into your own sense of reality, why are you even here? Rhetorical question–The answer isn’t hard to figure out. But still, your comment did give me a good laugh, surprisingly!
  
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- sjssb
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:13pm
  RLTW, you are absolutely correct. However you must go back a few generations to the old real Democrats, before the SocialistDemocrats took over. I being an original Democrat until Carter began the Progressive and destructive agenda’s. I left the Dembo’s and became a true independent and cast votes as I see fit. I never vote a straight ticket and can therefore call a spade a spade no matter of their ideological stances. The NewProgressives (they exist on both sides of the aisles in DC)constantly lie to We The People and there are millions of Uneducated Americans that when told more than once the same lie, will believe it. This is especially true of the Radicals in This Regime in DC. Avowed Communists (Van Jones)and Radicals like Valerie Jarrett, Michelle and her puppy BO, etc.
  May God have mercy on these ignoramuses that vote for this puppet of George Soros in November.
  
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- RLTW
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:15pm
  Anom
  
  You would like it if it was only a matter of hypocrisy, but it’s not because that exist with all uninformed people.
  
  The point and the choice here is between individual freedom and the lefts new (Old) idea of collective salvation. The collective ideology is ugly and can only be made acceptable by lie after lie, you want to belong to the government while I want the government put under control and answer to we the people.
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:45pm
  Of course the Democrats (Communists) will lie. That’s what commies do.
  
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- JRook
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 2:04pm
  This is the best you can do to stretch statements and imply lies. 1) Romney has said he will lower income taxes on the wealthy and eliminate the estate tax, which of course significantly favors the wealthy. He of course has not said exactly where he will make up the difference if we are to assume he is serious about deficit reduction. It is unfortunate that outside groups have to postulate that he will increase taxes on the middle class since he doesn’t have the guts to state any real positions. 2) Ok billy you can’t refute a alleged lie by repeating a lie. Romney said he paid around 13% in taxes for all the years challenged by Reid. This may very well include real estate, state and sales taxes. And referring to charitable donations as taxes is absurd and you know it. If that was included for many middle class families, particularly the devote Mormons, they pay twice what Romney did. 3) The jobs were lost as a result of the Bush recession and your picking of the lowest figure you could find in jobs created is hardly factual. 4) Well if the average was 47 after four years it doesn’t indicate any huge improvement. Is the last year because it improved or other states got worse. 5) Your representation of this item reflects your general level of ability. Don’t remember you displaying such investigative reporting on the Republican lies regarding Medicare cuts, Welfare to Work and auto plant closing in MN that occurred under Bush (12/23/08) not the PRESIDENT.
  
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- JRook
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 2:29pm
  “Why is Clear Channel, now owned by Bain Capital, so anxious to compensate two of its right-wing talk show hosts nearly $60 million each year.” Guess I was late to the party and did not know this fact about Clear Channel. Explains a lot about GB so called truth, and the enlightened, biased, unprofessional and infantile subject matter and reports presented here. But then again I guess even truth may not have an agenda, but it clearly has a price here.
  
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- Want our country back
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 2:38pm
  7 Lies In Under 2 Minutes
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UErR7i2onW0&feature=related
  
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- RLTW
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 2:41pm
  Jrook
  
  Those were lies when you wrote them, but I know that won’t stop you from continuing the lie if it controls the masses.
  
  Hard days are ahead regardless of who wins, you and people like you have attached youselves to the idea of collectivism because you are weak and small as individuals, the crowd and mob make you feel strong, being without them and standing alone as an individual really must be frightening to you.
  
  Choices
  
  Individual freedom
  Or
  Collective slavery
  
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- caveman74
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 2:46pm
  Ummmm wow…OK the state went from 50th to 28th the average has nothing to do with the end result. His state went from dead last to almost the middle of the pack. That is called a record to run on. How does that measure up to Obamas record? Romney pays less taxes than the middle class??? That is crazy. Over the past two years he averaged 21 million a year in income. At 13% thats over 2 million a year he has paid. Not only does Romney pay more than middle class families pay, he pays more than they earn. I could retire on Romneys 2011 tax bill. And a reminder to you lefties…tax cuts do NOT = spending. He plans on “paying” for high earner tax cuts with the increased revenue generated by a stimulated economy. Basic economics…when people have more money in their pocket they spend more money thereby creating more comerce and logically more jobs and that in turn generates more income and business taxes the fed can collect. It is a liberal fairy tale that if tax cuts are given to the rich then you MUST tax the less fortunate, and only you progressive pukes actually believe it
  
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- Stone Cold Truth
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 3:00pm
  Don’t you guys love it when the commies in here get all frazzled? That’s how I know we’re on the right track. Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, GOODBYE!
  
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- Irishtech
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 3:23pm
  Even factcheck can get things right occasionally. The important thing to look at is that actual facts could be used to show the Dem’s lie. most common what i see with factcheck is that they choose to ignore the lies all together. Anyways, one person on the team that will report the truth doesn’t mean the whole organization is changing.
  
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- 24AheadDotCom
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 3:28pm
  Godfather1: some of the five are pretty weak, but the claim by Deval Patrick (the MA gov) is misleading, no?
  
  P.S. A story no one else is covering (and seem not to want to cover it) is that the DNC2012 platform includes a pro-O quote from an illegal alien:
  
  http://24ahead.com/n/11100
  
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- marybethelizabeth
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:05pm
  Mitt “I Built It, not you” Romney wants to eliminate the mortgage interest deduction, increasing taxes on the middle class.
  
  The plan is to lower the tax on the higher income brackets, lower the capital gains tax, and eliminate tax loopholes, like mortgage interest rate deduction, so that there will be no loss in tax revenue.
  
  Lowering capital gains taxes channels more of the country’s resources into the stock market. That is the worst thing to do. The money should be lent into the communities for growth, now traded between people of means.
  
  Another tax deduction for elimination: Charitable Contributions.
  
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- Chinishque
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:13pm
  I believe we can actually call the DNC by its rightfully earned name…MINITRUE
  
  War is Peace
  Freedom is Slavery
  Ignorance is Strength
  
  Long live Big Brother
  
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- NHwinter
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:31pm
  Interesting Op-Ed from the Denver Post: Obama is victim of …
  Obama is victim of Bush’s failed promises. By a democrat reporter, Chuck Green. … piece by Chuck Green who writes “Greener Pastures” for the Denver …
  http://www.tngovwatch.org/interesting-op-ed-from-the-denver... – Cached
  
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- MadAsHeII
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:42pm
  Yes, the Democrats are liars for the most part, but can you truthfully say that the Republican leadership is any better? I mean they are all for suppressing our rights to vote in the primaries going forward: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKaXqoC4DjE&feature=youtu.be
  
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- RLTW
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:43pm
  MBE
  I want to see you rapped in thorns and thistles, but that doesn’t mean it’s gonna happen.
  
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- 1TrueOne55
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:51pm
  @Cesna152: Not just Robert C. Byrd but also Lynden Baines Johnson then Senator from Texas and Majority Leader. It was Republicans that brought the Civil Rights Act to the floor of the Senate for a vote and when it looked liked Republicans would win Johnson shelved it and brought it back out in 1964 to boost his popularity, after Kennedy’s Assination Democrats needed a boost since they had taken us into South East Asia to fight Communist expansion after Korea was a stalemate.
  
  He ended up adding US Armed forces to the fight when it looked like the Southern Vietnamese Government was going to fall to the North. All Dems did was prolong the conflict and cost 55K+
  American lives. John Kerry should know this fact.
  
  @Etherea: I have always believed in the Biblical fact that when you judge you will be judged in like and 3times worse and to remind me I look at complete hand when you point your index finger at someone you have the remaining 3 fingers pointing back at you.
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:51pm
  Yup! Some pretty good Whoppers from everyone, and don’t mean hamburgers.
  The biggest lie of the evening was the Tribute to the Kennedy guy who wrecked his car on a bridge and swam out without bothering to rescue the woman.
  He didn’t go get help either. Just let her die in the water, and got away with it. Well, his dad made his money bootlegging booze. And, women were easy to come by, so why bother with all the mess of it?
  
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- k8ti
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:09pm
  @ ANOM……..all the political talk aside……the FACT is Obama has done a pathetically POOR job for our country and he NEEDS to go! MILLIONS and MILLIONS of American’s are hurting REALLY bad STILL and can’t find work…and based on Obama’s horrible record these last 4 years, that is not about to change (ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS EVER WILL, especially with politicians)! More people are dependent off the government now than ever before, and that is NOT smart or safe for anyone!
  
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- COFemale
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:14pm
  Really, I find it odd that it is usually Liberals who generally blow off FactCheck from anyone. Apparently you live a sheltered life. How many times has Glenn Beck said, “Do your own research, don’t take my word” “The Truth Lives Here”.
  
  The only hypocrite I see is YOU.
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:21pm
  Also, Please NOTICE: Never a word said about the Kennedy’s obscene wealth and how the daddy made it. Compare that to a good businessman who legally helped businesses get on their feet and become some of the biggest companies in the country.
  
  Think about the contrast of who’s wealth we’re talking about. It’s ok for democrats to make illegal money, but let a Republican make money legally and all heck breaks loose. Get REAL.
  
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- RoBoTech
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:28pm
  Marybethdolt
  “Another tax deduction for elimination: Charitable Contributions.”
  
  That is easy for you insane Socialists to say, you don’t give to charities, yet claim to be “compassionate”
  get lost, dolt.
  
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- pissantno.10
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:41pm
  trolls are in a panick so just lie more j,m ,aa why do you people bother you are not going win here. 99% of the people that post here are not brain dead sheep like you
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 7:02pm
  I LOVE # 2 ABOUT Romney only paying 13.9% VS. 15%. No one wants to mention him giving 14% to charity. I read an article about Jo Biden giving $300.00 to charity. He thinks he will take it with him. Remember the Senator a few back that hat $90,000 in hi freezer. I wonder why Harry Reid has 4 locked freezers with a guard in his garage. The other day some speaker was bragging about saving the Car Co’s. The new figures according to the U.S. Treasury state that when GM went public a share was $33.00 and it needs to get to $53.00 for us taxpayers to break even. On Aug. 17, 2013 it was $22.01 a share. The treasure stated that losses to taxpayers for the bailout of GM is $25 billion.
  
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- pudssweetie
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 7:39pm
  Hey JRook, before you go off babbling on and on maybe you should FACTCHECK you own self. The GM plant you speak of was not in MN, it was in Janesville WI. GM in Feb of 2008 announced that the plant was going to close but not till late 2009 or early 2010. GM in Feb of 2008 started a slow shut down and all but a couple of lines were shut down in Dec. of 2008. The last truck rolled off the line in April of 2009 and a small crew stayed behind to deconstruct the plant for closure. How do I know my facts you maybe asking, because I live in Janesville and know first hand.
  
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- DenisWTexas
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 9:15pm
  @anomnomnommm
  
  Don’t trust FactCheck. Go on and read the rulings for yourself. Democrats SHOT DOWN the Civil Rights Act more than one. Took a Republican Majority to finally pass it. President who enacted the Emancipation Proclamation? Republican. First party to put a black man on the ballot for President? Republican (Frederick Douglass – 1876, I believe was the year). Dr. Martin Luther King was originally a registered Republican too, until the Kennedy’s started doing him favors during the Civil Rights Movement.
  
  Look at every leap for equality in this country in the last 200 years, and you will find Republicans fighting like hell to enact it, while being stonewalled by Democrats, who, after all, we fought the Civil War against because they wanted States Rights to be able to own slaves.
  
  But the Dems ARE the ones that give out the $300 welfare checks (after they take $10,000 of your earnings in taxes), so they MUST be the party that is friendly to minorities, right?
  
  Right?
  
  Or maybe they’re just LYING TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  Oh yeah, and where Pelosi is crazy, Reid is just plain evil.
  
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- williemcd
  Posted on September 6, 2012 at 1:12am
  Jr.. I see your drinking some sort of rose colored koo-aide… Cherry or strawberry?
  Under the new relaxed Work for Welfare rules, here is what you need to do to qualify: my comments are in (parens)
  1. Bed rest (sleeping)
  2. Personal care activities (Brushing your teeth)
  3. Massage (Happy ending with it?)
  4. Exercise (Getting off your ****?)
  5. Journaling (Dear Diary,,Got up this morn.)
  6. Motivational reading (Dear Abby, my husband doesn’t listen)
  7. Smoking cessation (outta smokes, gotta run down to the store)
  8. Weight loss promotion (hell, I’ll just have another ****)
  9. Participating in parent teacher meetings (Got called to the principals office again)
  10. Helping a friend or relative with household tasks and errands
  Source?: The Democratic controlled US Senate: http://www.finance.senate.gov/newsroom/ranking/release/?id=47ada91c-07ac-4c7f-bc20-182df03d2654
  
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- Al J Zira
  Posted on September 6, 2012 at 1:36am
  @marybethelizabeth: That’s it?! Romney will get rid of mortgage deductions? I’d take that in a heartbeat over the 20, count them, 20 tax increases in Obamacare. Wait.. They’re not taxes their penalties. No wait, his staff lawyers argued to the Supreme court that they’re actually a tax. But wait. Obama is running around telling everyone they’re not taxes they’re penalties. Can’t wait until they get to Obamacare during the DNC. FactCheck will have a field day.
  
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- pantokrator
  Posted on September 6, 2012 at 2:34am
  DENISWTEXAS, let’s not forget about Abraham Lincoln, too. The original Civil Rights leader, also a Republican. ;)
  
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- ChildOfTheKing
  Posted on September 6, 2012 at 9:34am
  @caveman74:
  I could not have said it better myself!
  
  I do believe TAXES ARE STILL TOO HIGH ON THE MIDDLE CLASS.
  
  How about some REAL tax cuts on the Middle Class, Romney?????????????????
  
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- ChildOfTheKing
  Posted on September 6, 2012 at 9:42am
  Stop RESPONDING TO THESE LEFTIST PROGRESSIVES. It is in their nature to CONQUER AND DIVIDE BY CAUSING CHAOS in any way they can. And those idiots on this board, are trying to make you take time to read their lying diatribes.
  
  STOP READING THEM AS SOON AS YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE (Encinom, JRook, Anomnomnommm, Godfather.1, etc.)
  
  BUT, continue to DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND FACT CHECKING. I NEVER take TheBlaze.com information as FACT and neither should anyone here!
  
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- anomnomnommm
  Posted on September 11, 2012 at 9:08pm
  To those few who replied to my comment above:
  
  ETHEREAL
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:57pm
  HAWAIIANNINJA
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:09pm
  RLTW
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:15pm
  K8TI
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:09pm
  
  You didn’t respond to my point at all but instead assumed things about my positions and motives in order to avoid the point. Or simply went off topic by trying to convince yourself of Obama’s failures, Romney’s promise, and the choice we have – none of which is what I was even close to what I was addressing. Good try.
  
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- anomnomnommm
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 7:12pm
  @ CHILD OF THE KING
  
  “STOP READING THEM AS SOON AS YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE”
  
  I always knew you guys wanted to have a real meaningful conversation. What a joke.
  
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LameLiberals
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:57am
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/05/Fact-Check-Michelle-Obama-s-False-Fairy-Tale-of-Struggle

Fact Checks SLAMS Michelle Obama’s we grew up poor speech

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- contractorniu
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:28pm
  The Obama’s have always been on the government dole. Always mediocre and a preferential treatment through EEO.(They didn’t build that) POTUSA and FLOTUS lie about everything to suit their agenda.
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 6:08pm
  And they attended higher education on Affirmative Action, at least she did, he appears to have attended several universities in America on scholarships intended for Indonesian students who were from there.
  
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2SENSEWORTH
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:56am
In 1920 communist/socialist Lenin wrote, “It is necessary…to use any ruse, cunning, unlawful method, evasion, concealment of truth.”

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adimeroll
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:56am
I like many of the other readers are very fair minded. So lets hook up the speakers of both parties to lie detector equipment and watch the sparks fly. From what I have read so far over the course of almost 4 years the democrats would provide some light show…

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- Dom321
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 2:49pm
  @Adimeroll
  
  I totally agree with you!
  However, your aka made me smile. Having a medical background, it sounds like some kind of medicine. :)
  
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- anomnomnommm
  Posted on September 25, 2012 at 9:45pm
  http://www.cmpa.com/media_room_press_9_21_12.html
  
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PapaJohannesPatriot
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:55am
Libs lie!

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huey6367
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:45am
Simply pathetic. He can’t run on his record so they make up any kind of lie they can. And the lemmings buy it because “he wouldn’t lie to us – he’s the President”.

How many lies were uncovered at the RNC? None I am aware of.

Romney/Ryan 2012

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- FREEDOMoverFEAR
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:59am
  This country is over. There are too many stupid people. Obama will win this election. Our economy will tank. The world will see a war starting in the Middle East.
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:47pm
  freedom….If one is a follower of prophecy, and a “fact” gatherer, no other scenario can be brought. To a believer. the truth is very available, no matter what lies are told and no matter who tells them. The evil being constructed, and the reasons for it are ALL there to see. ‘
  What I find unbelievable is that more people aren’t aware of what is going on. The contrast is undeniable, but the public is basically ignorant. This is the goal of the left, to keep the American people mis-informed and weak intellectually. I see a conspiracy that goes back a hundred years in this nation, and at least 2000 years in world history. Both leading up to this flood of lies. We are in the endgame and our opponent is playing with a marked deck. By grace, believers are in a different paradigm,and can discern the truth. I don’t know about anyone else but I am shouting from the rooftops. For what it is worth.
  Funny, I have always thought there were more intelligent people than there actually are. Our churches have failed, whether it is because of ignorance or by design, I can’t say, but I have a suspicious mind.
  
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- Heffe44
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:10pm
  You have got to be kidding me, none that you were aware of?? This artical covers just one of the speaches. Just google “fact check the RNC”.
  
  http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-08-30/paul-ryan-fact-check-republican-convention/57432326/1
  
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- integrican
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:51pm
  The ‘dumbing down” worked. It even has the masses talking like valley girls. I even see professional broadcasters “up-speaking” and “valley-speaking” It is even transcending regional accents.
  
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- PutMoreOnMyPlate
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:09pm
  @Max
  
  While I agree that this is nothing new, my husband found an interesting article (I can’t quote the source so this is for your consideration only) that talked about the Rockefeller’s wanting a global economy and around that time period the churches were against it based on Revelation and the prophecies on what a global government would do. So since then they were contributing to seminaries and other schools of theology to NOT teach Bible prophecy.
  
  Coincidentally if not directly related there is a theology where Christians believe that all of the prophecies have come to pass and sadly enough believe that this is the time of Christ’s reign. Or have completely equated Revelation with symbols and metaphors. To me this is an empty theology and Christians that follow it are missing out on God’s grace in knowing that all of the suffering today means something and some even abandon it completely. Even some believe that none of Revelation will come to pass until the Rapture so when they do start seeing the signs of the Tribulation they deny it to themselves. I am a post Tribulation Christian and I don’t hold to replacement theology in the least where the promises to Isreal are promised to the Church. I believe that the Church and Isreal will come together when we see the end days and the signs of the Tribulation are here today. Be vigilant and prayful and continue to shout. I am. :)
  
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ImMormon
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:43am
The fact check analysis was front page news all during the RNC and all the MSM could talk about. I’m sure not one MSM outlet or MSM newspaper will touch any fact checker data. Not only do we have to defeat the dems, but we have to beat their MSM PR extensions. Bring it on!

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Babci
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:43am
I lived in Honolulu…Obama’s grandmother was a vice president at the Bank of Hawaii from 1970 until 1986. Where did Michele hear that she was a bank secretary?????

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- napoleon_solo
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 2:00pm
  They tell that lie along side the one where grandma was paid less than he male counterparts at the bank. It feeds the humble beginnings bull crap.
  
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Jim in Houston
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:34am
They conveniently forget that dimocRats have been found to pay their female staffers less than their male counterparts for the same work. But, hey it’s Republicans who are waging war on women, right?

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:39am
  Bill Clinton is set to announce Obama. The Republicans are waging a war on women. Anyone else see the irony?
  
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- johnos69
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:39am
  I guess the left missed that Romney will CUT 20% for EVERY income level in his tax plan! How convenient!
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:02pm
  Bill Clinton is a one man war on women. Sexual harrasser and alleged rapist. He spent a lot of money intimidating and settling out of court while Hillary the Feminist stood by her man and was no defender of woman after woman with the same story. Libs, the party of perverts.
  
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- integrican
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:54pm
  You want to see a “war on women” wait until they allow the Muslims to apply their wares on our female population!!!
  
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DIR
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:33am
Even if the dems told the truth I wouldn’t be interested.

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- ChildOfTheKing
  Posted on September 6, 2012 at 9:36am
  Both political parties LIE, some more than others. NO POLITICIAN, NO MATTER WHAT, SHOULD BE TRUSTED.
  
  WE NEED TO HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE. Thank God for the Tea Party.
  I hope they stick around BIG TIME after Romney/Ryan wins!
  
  I PERSONALLY, WILL BE WATCHING AND BEING INVOLVED TO SEE THAT THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY CLAIM THEY WILL DO!!.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:32am
It is no surprise that democraps lie. They have morphed into Alinsky-ites and communist. They have the lowest IQ crowds of any party and they can lie about anything and these people will not know it. The Democraps could have had their saved money and done their convention in one hour. They could have obama get up and promise the delegates to keep on giving them other people’s money and ruining the country and he would get a standing ovation. Then they could adjourn.

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Revere2
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:31am
Is there going to be enough Pinocchio’s to go around at the DNC!!

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rangerskippy
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:31am
yea, but, but but if any of these democrats ran a marathon, they would not fib about the time they ran it on.

Keep it real and on track. Marathon times are more important than taxes, jobs, and Obama’s record on the economy you poopy heads.

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SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:31am
Here is a line from CNN Politics concerning the DNC jobs claims. (not exactly the most consevative of news outlets)

“The figure of 4.5 million jobs is accurate if you look at the most favorable period and category for the administration. But overall, there are still fewer people working now than when Obama took office at the height of the recession.”

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- Max jones
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:13pm
  what the left is hiding is that this administration is preparing us for absorption into the NWO. The wealth is gone forever. Our liberties are crumbling under the debt. Our ability to protect our interests on the world stage has been compromised and we seem defenseless.
  A great big lie is this utopian dream that these cowardly, and weak minded people are soooo in love with. But it is easy to understand, from a Christian POV……Can’t accept Christ, so we build a world to save ourselves. to build a barrier to keep the Big Bad Wolf out. The only problem, is that the Big Bad Wolf IS the very system they are putting trust in. Obama will do anything, including murder to retain his position. I have zero confidence in the left to deliver ANY beneficial results.
  One thing I know about the situation that is developing, pure unadulterated evil has got our president in its supernatural grasp, and has plans for him that don’t include “we the people”.
  
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kryptonite
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:30am
I think it was the Castro guy who said every American would have health care coverage thanks to Obama. That is a big fat lie:

“Obamacare falls far short of its promise for universal coverage. Since day one, it’s been clear that Obamacare will not achieve universal coverage, and every time CBO revisits the law, the numbers show just that. In March 2010, when the law passed, CBO predicted that there would be 22 million people still without insurance in 2019. In March 2012, the estimate increased to 27 million in 2022. Now, the number has once again increased—to 30 million. So Obamacare leaves just as many people uninsured as it covers.”
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/07/24/cbo-obamacare-to-cover-millions-fewer-than-before-supreme-court-decision/

Government control of EVERYONE’s body, that’s what Obamacare is.

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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:30am
I find it interesting that anybody thinks that the DNC and it’s strange mixture of hate and sneering that they call a constituency, actually care about being called out for lying. They ignore the charge, pretend it never happened, and throw out more lies.

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- Wango
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:26pm
  “We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers.” (Yours, not ours.)
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:50pm
  Awwww, wangless. Poor little baby. Did this hurt your widdle feewings?
  
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- Euna
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:19pm
  Meg
  You are right about the lies. Bill Clinton is speaking at the convention right now, and everything coming out of his mouth is a lie. Those liberals would not know the truth if God Himself told them. I turned to the convention for just a few minutes off and on, and the lies were spewing out so bad, I was about to vomit, so I had to turn them off.I wonder if they think we conservatives are dumb? It is not hard at all to tell when the Demos are lying. It shows right through them.
  
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term limits for congress
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:27am
FactCheck.org is raping the truth! And, it is racist!

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:33am
  The DNC is the Do For Me party. It is the party of losers and failures funded by the socialist ideologues. It is fitting that a man named Castro was placed front and center.
  
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- ezekiel22
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 3:22pm
  You must be a liberal. You can tell because the first word out of their mouth is racist. Try again.
  
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zoro51
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:26am
all leftists lies the dems try to pass on OBAMA FAILED THE USA he LIED TO IS america IS not a SOCIALIST nation… IMPEACH N THROW OUT OBAMA NOW

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SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:26am
So Romney took over a state that was 50th in jobs creation, and when he left the great state of Massachusetts was 28th in jobs creation. That is quite an accomplishment.

In almost 4 years, BO/BS has recovered almost all of the jobs that he lost, for a net gain of minus 300K jobs. Nice goin’……you are truely the right guy for the job. (Note to the foolish: you can’t take credit for making jobs without taking credit for losing jobs)

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dadsrootbeer
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:25am
Since when does the truth matter to the progressive party

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- Godfather.1
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:43pm
  Which party stated that they weren’t going to let their campaign be dictated by facts? I’ll give you a hint, it was not the Democrats.
  
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- 68Patriot
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:25pm
  GODFATHER, they said “fact checkers” not facts. I guess you conveniently left out all the “facts” from that statement…”fact checkers” can also be partisan. Be careful about where you get your “facts”. I’m not sure anyone is “objective” anymore.
  
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- Godfather.1
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:39pm
  @68Patriot
  
  Yes, they said fact checkers, but their actions clearly show they won’t let it be dictated by facts either. Facts are partisan, huh? Like the fact that the GM plant didn’t close under Obama? Like the fact that nothing happened with Simpson-Bowles because Paul Ryan and his group of Republicans voted against it? Like the fact that the U.S.’s credit rating went down because the Republicans wouldn’t raise the debt ceiling? Like the fact that Paul Ryan’s budget takes the same amount out of Medicare as Obama’s? Like the fact that Obama has not gotten rid of the work requirement for welfare?
  
  Are those “partisan” facts? Because those are facts that Paul Ryan and the Republicans lied about during the RNC. Furthermore, when confronted about their lies, they continue to spew them.
  
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- BCanook
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 2:07pm
  @GODFATHER.1
  
  No blithering allowed. Please tell me where the budget bills passed by the House, which include some of the Simpsom-Bowles recommendations, are sitting? I’ll give you a hint – Senate majority leader.
  
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- Godfather.1
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 2:37pm
  @BCanook
  
  Oh, I see. Paul Ryan included his own recommendations in his own budget proposal that passed along party lines. Gee, why wouldn’t the Senate pass a budget that only has Republican support?
  
  Nice try, but you can’t dodge the fact the Paul Ryan is a lying sack of excrement. Yet, TheBlaze and its amazing team of “analysts” attempts to claim his lies are true while providing the above list of non-lies, claiming they are lies.
  
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- fixer
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:59pm
  I wonder how godfather,mary ellen,jrook and all the other liberal trolls feel about having all their commie dreams go up in smoke after the landslides of November are over.
  
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2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:24am
“The Democratic Party is being dishonest…” Shocking!

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Chromo200
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:23am
Oh come on .. The DNC and it’s followers never never lie .. Remember their leader is our messiah who has come back to fullfill a prophecy.

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- ezekiel22
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 3:25pm
  Apparently you have noticed some of the merchandise for sale at the convention. I heard that God was taken off of the DNC platform because Obama does not like competition lol ; )
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:20am
Here is something more I stumbled across from Drudge: it appears the lunatic fringe of Annonymous is now laying claim to hacking the IRS for Romneys tax returns. Many of the Occupy sites claim them to be true, same with the Occupy The Banks.

However some sites that carry the matter show it originated with a sarticial report on a comedy web site; and picked up by Occupy and the Left…so this is now going to become Lie #6 at the Democratic Convention.

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needmoinfo
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:18am
Speaking of lies. Google Obama admits and google I am one of them. Seeing is believing.

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honor007
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:13am
STill picking up the pieces of my brain this morning. Duct tape did not hold :/

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- honor007
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:23am
  and please someone, take down Salazar. His whole speech on energy is when the duct tape broke. What a crock of crap?
  
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- Government_Goodies
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:54am
  Just when I think the left can’t shock me anymore, they do …and then blood shoots out of my eyes. I love Glenn. lol
  
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- YourVoiceMatters
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:04pm
  so-r-r-r-r-r-y for you, me? i had to escape to a far more sane place!
  deciding to watch the paint blister in the 100 degree heat! As greuling as that sounds…it was nothing compared to the valiant effort you all made who stayed the course.
  But i did catch 2 minures of Sebelius and at the least 5 lies….i aborted the the convention…did not feel a lick of remorse except for you….and others like you armed with duct tape and a cast-iron gut to stomach them and their bile! But fail though i did, i managed to enjoy other alternatives….basking on the rim of my nearest volcano…was less intemperate than you might think! The air crackled with suspense and the hot air was no less poisonous than that encircling the cavernous wasteland of the dembot convention floor! and much more scenic too i might add! Today i will tour the Sun, I hope to send some thought provoking pictures of the source of its glowing redness! Is this really the source of communism! or a clever disguise? I doubt, fact check will be needed here! The final day of the convention i will sport my newly acquired tan and sieze this moment to do indepth coverage at the entrance to hell, doing as many thought provoking interviews, as was done at the olympics…It will be the best alternative coverage offered, my only fear is: that the DNC is really the gates of hell and i will have to endure the convention, in a glaring bizarre twist of fate! (NOOOOO!)
  
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- Jenny Lind
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:27pm
  I admit, I want to live and not have a stroke or heart attack, so I watched none, I repeat, none of it. Hey, I am 67 and taking good care of myself. I know what a lie sounds like, my meter goes off and I become enraged, so why do it to myself? I watched recorded stuff and had a nice evening, sorry gang.
  
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- Yeah_Buddy
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:51pm
  It was truly hard to watch.
  
  Today my face hurts from all the retching and huh looks I must have unconsciously made.
  
  One hypocritical movement no one mentioned…when a DNC speaker said about women’s right to choose, they camera panned around showing kids. Hmmm…
  
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