Ted Cruz: 58% of the 19 comments (11 of 19) Politifact has fact-checked, they’ve ruled to be inaccurate. Four, or 21%, of those comments they gave their worst “Pants on Fire” rating.
Michele Bachmann: 75% of the 60 comments (45 of 60) Politifact has fact-checked, they’ve ruled to be inaccurate. Sixteen, or 27%, of those comments they ruled as “Pants on Fire” lies.
Allen West: 70% of the 20 comments (14 of 20) Politifact has fact-checked, they’ve ruled to be inaccurate. Three, or 15%, of those comments they ruled as “Pants on Fire” lies.
Three politicians, three terrible records with a well respected, non-partisan fact-checking organization. But to be fair, let’s look at President Obama’s record with Politifact:
President Obama: 28% of the 488 comments (133 of 488) Politifact has fact-checked, they’ve ruled to be inaccurate. Eight, or 2%, of those comments they ruled as “Pants on fire” lies.
That means 72% of the comments Politifact has fact-checked for President Obama have, at the very least, been ruled to have a decent amount of truth to them.
Where the three Republicans have atrocious records with Politifact, President Obama has a fairly respectable record when it comes to politicians telling the truth. While I’m sure some will target the fact he’s been caught lying 28% of the time by Politifact, let’s not forget he’s a politician and well—that’s just an unfortunate part of the game sometimes