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Automatic mastery of the facts. when karl rove wrote in "the wall street journal" that barack obama had, quote, the worst ratings of any president at the end of his first year, politifact rated that mostly true. even though the approval rating mr. rove cited was 49% and ronald reagan posted a 48% approval rating at the end of his first year. did not matter to politifact apparently. they rated that, the statement from mr. rove as mostly true. what? yeah. because apparently the wordç "true" means a lot less than you think it means. politifact also said that democratic congresswoman nita lowey'...

Our frustration. they have told us they do not intend to run a correction about their mistakes on this which i should not find astonishing but i do. politifact, you are wrong here on the facts and bluntly and you ought to correct it. putting the word "fact" in your name does not grant you automatic mastery of the facts. when karl rove wrote in "the wall street journal" that barack obama had, quote, the worst ratings of any president at the end of his first year, politifact rated that mostly true. even though the approval ratingç mr. rove cited was 49% and ronald reagan posted a 48% approval r...

Traumatized to go in and try to prove one way or the other so you can get the funding you desperately need, it's unbelievable. but congresswoman, do you think they might have put the clause in there to try to move the political spectrum and then at the end they say all right, we'll take this one objectionable clause out and let's pass the bill otherwise? >> last year when we debated the health care bill, tlrm similar attempts, although not even as extreme as this attempt, but the stupak amendment and other attempts last year, this was in the bill and they did take it out. so maybe it will serv...

November. i don't think -- i think that was distressing for folk, and i don't think they think that's how the democratic process should work. >> two quick political questions. >> yes. >> first of all, are you getting involved in the arkansas democratic primary between blanche lincoln and bill halter? >> we are not, and frankly senator lincoln was helpful to us, and we know the stupak amendment was defeated in the senate, not only senator lincoln but two republican senators from maine. i really applaud them for their stand in opposing this kind of restriction. >> i can't let you go without aski...

Embryonic stem cell research. everybody hailed it. it was wonderful. >> they trust him. they don't trust barack obama. >> it's a trust factor. i'm willing to trust the president. even during this debate about health care, what did president obama say? we will not use federal funds for abortion. what did the speaker say? keep current law. let's not expand or restrict it, let's keep current law. it's clear in the executive order that hide restrictions on abortion will apply in the health care exchange. 0 so i ask all of these saying it's not worth the paper it's written on to go read the executi...