Interestingly, truth is the great enemy of success in the Republican party. In general, the more inaccurate their statements, the higher their poll numbers.
I don't think that will hold. Marco Rubio is mostly truthful by the standards of a politician, and he is starting to look like a legitimate candidate.
Wednesday, November 04, 2015
How Honest Is Your Favorite Candidate?
How Honest Is Your Favorite Candidate?
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What a heaping pile of parrot droppings. So Mother Jones assesses the truthfulness of Presidential candidates using Politifact as a source, and whattayaknow? Socialist Bernie Sanders is the only politician who NEVER says anything remotely questionable, followed closely by that renowned avatar of honesty, Hillary Clinton. Only Republicans lie, and the worst of all is the one who just happens to be #1 in the polls at this very moment. It wouldn't surprise me less if this came from the National Lampoon.
ReplyDeleteI am acquainted with the objectivity of Politifact (the "politi" part of their name far outweighs the "fact" part.) Back when I was writing for Mike Huckabee's radio show, they took something I wrote for him and branded it a "half-truth." I was furious because I do extensive fact-checking. I don't even remember what it was now, since it was several years ago, but back then, I went back and found the multiple reliable sources proving that what I wrote was 100% accurate. Politifact admitted that, TECHNICALLY, it was absolutely true. But some people disagree and try to spin the story in a different direction (you know, people who don't let verified truth influence their opinions), therefore, they rated my statement of unchallenged fact as "half-true."
If that's their idea of fact-checking, then my rating for them is "half-assed."
PS - Bernie Sanders has held Denmark up to us as an example of how well "Democratic socialism" works. In fact, the Scandinavian nations discovered that their sky-high tax rates and welfare hammocks were destroying their traditional work ethic and for the past decade have been rolling back the socialism, to the point that those wicked capitalists at Forbes recently ranked Denmark as the best nation in which to do business, Sweden #5, and the US 18th. But Heaven forbid anyone suggest that Bernie might be misleading naive young squirts about the wonders of socialism.
ReplyDeleteThe smoothing out of wealth and prestige in Norway was definitely a problem when I lived there. The new hires in the marketing department received offices identical to those of the marketing director, and the salaries were pretty comparable because Norwegian companies never paid big salaries. It made no sense, because substantially larger pre-tax incomes resulted in only minor differences in take-home pay. The similar sized offices were confusing for people who called on us, because they never knew if they were talking to somebody important enough to make a decision. More germane to the point, there wasn't much incentive to move up the ladder. "Why do I want twice the responsibility and a longer work day to get the same office and a few extra bucks in my paycheck. I think I'll enjoy life and leisure." Of course, that wasn't entirely a bad situation for an oil-rich country with only three million inhabitants to share the fruits of prosperity, but the seeds of acedia were definitely being planted, and stagnation had already set in.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your insight. I figured you'd had personal experience. You might also be interested in this English translation of a Danish blogger, schooling Americans who are crushing on Danish socialism about its actual history:
ReplyDeletehttp://punditokraterne.dk/2015/11/03/the-danish-model-dont-try-this-at-home/