{Political_Views} Truth-O-Meter Results Are In AND it shows Republicons mostly tell big fat juicy LIES

A study says Massachusetts has lost 18,000 jobs because residents were required to obtain health insurance under an act signed into law by Mitt Romney.

Rick Perry on Saturday, December 10th, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate

MOSTLY FALSE

http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2011/dec/19/rick-perry/rick-perry-says-study-found-massachusetts-lost-180/

Figure refers to jobs never created, not jobs lost

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"I never lobbied under any circumstance" for Freddie Mac.

Newt Gingrich on Thursday, December 15th, 2011 in a debate in Iowa

PARTLY TRUE

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/dec/16/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-said-he-never-lobbied-freddie-mac-un/

When a lobbyist isn't a lobbyist

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Says Mitt Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, "put into place socialized medicine."

Michele Bachmann on Saturday, December 10th, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Iowa

PANTS ON FIRE LIAR

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/dec/11/michele-bachmann/michele-bachmann-says-former-mass-gov-mitt-romney-/

Nearly the opposite

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The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush."

David Plouffe on Sunday, October 30th, 2011 in an interview on "Meet the Press"

MOSTLY TRUE

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/nov/17/david-plouffe/solyndra-loan-george-w-bush-david-plouffe/

Looking back at Solyndra

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Solyndra "had robots that whistled Disney songs. I'm not kidding."

Mitt Romney on Friday, November 4th, 2011 in an Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit speech

PARTLY TRUE

http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2011/nov/17/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-says-failed-solar-company-solyndra-had/ 

'Robots' were glorified forklifts with melody alarms

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"After the debate that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true."

Michele Bachmann on Thursday, December 15th, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa

PANTS ON FIRE LIAR

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/dec/15/michele-bachmann/michele-bachmann-says-politifact-came-out-and-said/

Uh, except for that Pants on Fire             (The "only consistent Conservative" = PANTS ON FIRE LIAR)

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"Only one president has ever cut Medicare for seniors in this country . . . Barack Obama."

Mitt Romney on Saturday, December 10th, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate

FALSE

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/dec/12/mitt-romney/romney-says-only-obama-has-cut-medicare/

Other presidents cut benefits - and Obama hasn't

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"I never favored cap and trade."

Newt Gingrich on Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 in a Republican presidential candidate forum

FALSE

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/dec/07/newt-gingrich/gingrich-claims-he-never-favored-cap-and-trade/

Except when he did favor it

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"We have, right now, Hezbollah, which is working throughout Latin America, in Venezuela, in Mexico, throughout Latin America, which poses a very significant and imminent threat to the United States of America."

Mitt Romney on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington

MOSTLY FALSE

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/nov/23/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-says-hezbollah-latin-america-poses-imm/

Evidence is flimsy

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Says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that "if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. He will use it against the United States of America."

Michele Bachmann on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 in a foreign policy debate in Washington, D.C.

FALSE

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/nov/23/michele-bachmann/michele-bachmann-says-iran-has-threatended-launch-/

Ahmadinejad says he doesn't want to build a nuke

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