12/2/11

Finalists for the 2011 Politifact Lie of the Year

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The finalists are were not what I thought they would be, but they're pretty infamous. I had a hard time deciding, but I picked one lie that won't die and has lasted for three years:

President Obama "went around the world and apologized for America." -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney
 
The Finalists
  • President Obama "went around the world and apologized for America." -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney
  • The Obama administration's review of obsolete regulations was "unprecedented." -- President Barack Obama
  • "Republicans voted to end Medicare." -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and other Democrats
  • Because of more restrictive voting laws, Republicans "want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws." -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and head of the Democratic National Committee
  • Scientists are "questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change. … (It is) more and more being put into question."-- Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry
  • Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation." -- Facebook posts
  • The economic stimulus created "zero jobs." -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee and other Republicans
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