Enough already with the green eyeshades and voter-undecidednesses. Surfette thinks what matters is what your opinion--particularly in light of Factcheck.org's report on "incorrigible" fact-twisting in the final presidential debate. Here's a summary--but you should really read the whole thing:
Mr. Bush:
- WRONG on tax cuts: "Bush could hardly have been farther off base when he said most of his tax cuts "went to low- and middle-income Americans. That's just not true."
- WRONG on Osama: "Bush ... denied making some remarks about Osama bin Laden that Kerry had accurately paraphrased. Bush accused Kerry of "one of those exaggerations." In fact, Bush said almost exactly what Kerry quoted him as saying."
- WRONG on flu vaccine: "It's not true, as Bush claimed, that "we took the right action" in blocking "contaminated" influenza vaccine from entering the US. Actually, it was the British and not the US that blocked shipment."
Mr. Kerry:
- WRONG on Pell grants: "Kerry claimed the Bush administration had cut Pell Grants for low-income students to attend college. Bush said Pell Grants have been increased by a million students. Bush was correct." He was right on the amount of the Pell grants: "Kerry was correct when he said students are 'not getting the $5,100 the president promised them.' "
- WRONG on After School Programs: "Kerry claimed that "500,000 kids lost after-school programs," which isn't the case. A [Department of Education] cut was proposed but Congress rejected it.
- WRONG on the Congressional Black Caucus: "Bush met with the caucus a few days after taking office, on Jan. 31, 2001."
- WRONG on the surplus: "Kerry claimed Bush "has taken a $5.6 trillion surplus and turned it into deficits as far as the eye can see." But the country never actually had a $5.6 trillion surplus."
Love the lemonblog . . . a new one for this reader.
Posted by: Sally | October 18, 2004 at 10:06 AM