According to FactCheck.org, both Hillary and Obama kinda sorta said some things that weren’t true during their debate Monday night:
- Clinton falsely accused Obama of saying he “really liked the ideas of the Republicans” including private Social Security accounts and deficit spending. Not true. The entire 49-minute interview to which she refers contains no endorsement of private Social Security accounts or deficit spending, and Obama specifically scorned GOP calls for tax cuts.
- Obama falsely denied endorsing single-payer government health insurance when he first ran for the Senate, saying, “I never said that we should try to go ahead and get single-payer.” But in fact he gave a speech in 2003 saying, “I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer health care program.”
Edwards made up some stuff too, but then, he’s never going to be president. The important thing here is that I find myself faced with a terrifying choice: Do I believe that Hillary’s lying, which would make me a misogynist? Or do I believe that Obama’s lying, which would make me a racist?
Come to think of it, there’s no reason I can’t be both. Whew!
It doesn’t really matter what either one of these two say. It’s going to take a miracle to get either one elected. It’s just not gonna happen. You might as well get your head around that so you’re not so disappointed in November. Trust me.