Claim: With a handful of days to go before Election Day, the Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania is going after Sen. Barack Obama with a mailer that claims the presidential nominee has "a record of being soft on crime." Luckily, our fellow fact-checkers at PolitiFact.com are all over this one. According to PolitiFact, the mailer  "cherry-picks a few choice examples and conveniently ignores evidence that contradicts its conclusions." For example,
Fact-check: Obama Soft on Crime? - FactCheck.org
Verdict: with a handful of days to go before election day, the republican federal committee of pennsylvania is going after sen. barack obama with a mailer that claims the presidential nominee has "a record of being soft on crime." luckily, our fellow fact-checkers at politifact.com are all over this one. according to politifact, the mailer  "cherry-picks a few choice examples and conveniently ignores evidence that contradicts its conclusions." for example,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: D'Angelo Gore
Date published: 2008-10-31T16:57:29