The radical right has been an unending source of nonsense for Common Sense. But now, as President Obama begins to campaign for re-election more seriously it's only fair to examine his campaign statements. Courtesy of PolitiFact.com (it should be must reading for every voter) an interesting examination of The Road We've Traveled, a Davis Guggenheim documentary on President Obama. So far the score is one Mostly True and one Mostly False. While Common Sense would hope for and, indeed, expect better it's not bad at all in this political season when distortions so gross as to rise to lying are common.
While Common Sense is in the area here's the current Obama Meter (more details via the link).
Rating their promises
Common Sense thinks facts trump distorted rhetoric and mindless faith. After all, reality has the special quality of being, well, real. That's just common sense.
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