Apparently since Bush trailblazed the successful politician who can make up facts and stick to them despite being proven wrong over and over, the rest of the RNC candidates think it's the way to go.
Sunday Morning Missteps
August 6, 2007
Another Republican debate, with more false claims
Summary
The Republican presidential candidates debated – and sounded some more false notes:
*Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney falsely claimed U.S. job growth had been nearly 17 times faster than Europe's. Actually, European Union employment grew faster than that of the U.S. last year. Romney's source for the information told FactCheck.org that he himself would no longer use the figures.
*Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani accused Democratic candidates of "appeasement" toward Islamic terrorists. In fact, leading Democratic candidates have spoken out strongly against terrorism.
*Sen. John McCain claimed American families spend $140 billion of their income preparing federal income tax returns. We find no support for that figure, which the Internal Revenue Service puts at $19 billion.
*Rep. Tom Tancredo claimed illegal immigrants "are taking a large part of our health care dollars." But the independent Rand Corp. estimates that undocumented immigrants account for 1.5 percent of health care spending or less.
FactCheck.org: Sunday Morning Missteps 
08-09-2007, 10:52 AM
