Lori Robertson
FactCheck
10/14/08
Both Barack Obama and John McCain have a very hard time telling the truth wh
en it comes to health care. As for their own plans, they are relatively good at stating their intentions, however, when it comes to the other side, neither party is willing to be at all truthful. During class this year, I've learned that you cannot take any political candidate for their word, and listening to ANYTHING that the political commercials have to say doesn't guarantee anything. Both Obama's and McCain's campaigns claim that the other candidate's plan would be catastrophic to the economy, and that their plan is so
unbelievably better than the other persons. However, neither of these claims are true. Thanks to FactCheck, I can now verify just how preposterous the claims from both campaigns are. It makes me quite angry that both candidates have resorted to dirty tactics. They're not even truth-stretching anymore - they're just flat out lying. I believe that there should be certain laws implemented that prohibit the candidates from telling half-truths and pulling quotes entirely out of context. There has certainly been progress - the law that requires them to say their name and that they approve the message is definitely a step in the right direction. I just wish they would take it a little further.
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