Posted 16:49 by Grote 0 comments

Coolest site of the '04 election

And hopefully a lot longer. The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania has set up FactCheck.org. It's a site that takes what the politicians say in speeches or in ads, checks their facts and posts the wrong ones. (Lord, they must be busy). For example Kerry claimed in an Feb. 15th debate that Bush cut the VAs budget. However, under Bush funding has gone up 25%, which is twice as fast as it was under Clinton. You can read the whole article here.

Now, I know what you're saying. You're saying, "Mike, this is just another Conserivative spin website." Not so fast my friend! In a Feb. 12 e-mail link to video, the Bush campaign claimed that Kerry got more special interest money than any other Senator. The problem is the article the video references to only refers to paid lobbyists and the kicker? Bush got more. Again the entire article is here for your amusement.