PolitiFact (which is nonpartisan) rates the truthfulness of the major candidates for public office.
Go here for the page on Sarah Palin -- there are easy links to the others from that page.
Palin (who has been running for the shortest time) has made fewer statements to check. 10% of her public statements, which were checked by PolitiFact, were either "Barely True," "False," or "Pants-on-Fire" lies, as of September 16, 5 AM EDT. That makes her, I am sorry to say, the most truthful (so far, at least) of the four. Obama's rating is next best, at 26%. Biden's is 37%, McCain's is an awful 43%. Biden has told 2 "Pants-on-fire" lies, McCain 6. Obama and Palin aren't currently charged with any. Maybe those two really are unqualified for high political office!
I haven't included statements which are half-true as lies. All of the candidates have made some of them, of course.
God help us all.
I echo your last four word sentence.
ReplyDeleteI think we'd be better off with a parliamentary system, where elections happen much more rapidly. Oh, well.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Keetha.