Edited sentence: (The Politifact rating scale rates statements as "true", "mostly true", "half true", "mostly false", "false", and "pants on fire".)  Maddow has taken issue on numerous occasions with Politifact's statement ratings (both of Romney and in general), and insists that Romney has issued false statements at an even higher rate.As part of her coverage of the 2012 campaign, and Romney's campaign in particular, MSNBC news commentator Rachel Maddow has on numerous occasions pointed out inaccuracies and falsehoods in both Romney's public statements, and in the political advertisements his campaign has put out.Romney and his campaign have declined to address any of the specifics of Maddow's accusations, and Maddow continues to catalog Romney's false statements on her show.The Politifact web site has rated a total of 135 statements of Romney's, with 69% of them being rated as "half true" or worse.The assertion that Romney "lies" at a higher rate than is typical for a politician running for office has been taken up by numerous media outlets