Fact-checking the President
Posted by Matt Hawes on 01/28/10 10:23 AM
Yahoo is running an AP piece today that analyzes several of the president's statements and checks them against what has actually happened or is projected to happen. The results aren't pretty.
Read the article here:
FACT CHECK: Obama and a toothless commission
By CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press Writer – Thu Jan 28, 3:12 am ET
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama told Americans the bipartisan deficit commission he will appoint won't just be "one of those Washington gimmicks." Left unspoken in that assurance was the fact that the commission won't have any teeth.
Obama confronted some tough realities in his State of the Union speech Wednesday night, chief among them that Americans are continuing to lose their health insurance as Congress struggles to pass an overhaul.
Yet some of his ideas for moving ahead skirted the complex political circumstances standing in his way.
A look at some of Obama's claims and how they compare with the facts:
Continues: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/...ama_fact_check
SOURCE: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=31913