Biggest Political Lies of 2007

[gene430]

It's not complete, I'm sure you guys can add to it, but here it is:

http://www.politibyte.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=25

[Perry Logan]

1. "Hillary is a corporatist"--completely false, repeated endlessly at DU.

Is Hillary Clinton a "Corporate Democrat"?
by eriposte

"The evidence suggests that Sen. Clinton's voting patterns are substantially and surprisingly progressive (ranging typically from 90-100%), including on corporate or labor issues....he data reviewed here suggests that overall, she is far more progressive than corporatist. In the absence of additional or new data, I have to conclude that the label "Corporate Democrat", as applied to her, is inappropriate and extraordinarily misleading. In other words, while it is true that she has strong links to corporate America and corporatist interests, there is little or no evidence that she systematically votes in lock-step with those interests or even significantly in line with their positions. I provide a few plausible explanations for this dichotomy in the conclusions of this post.

http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/011131.php

[OKNancy]

2. Thank YOU!

keep that link because it needs to be posted many times.
Typical DU exaggeration of Clinton's record.

[Perry Logan]

3. Logan's Law: If the anti-Hillarites say something about Hillary, you know it's a damn lie..

They also like to badmouth Hillary's followers, in case you hadn't noticed. Just favoring Hillary proves you have low moral character.

[MethuenProgressive]

4. Obama: Richardson made a deal with me to send me his Iowa support

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3932998

Update:
"(Ed. note: For about ten minutes when this story was first published, it asserted that there was a mutual agreement between the Richardson and Obama campaigns to swap supporters in precincts where one was not viable. This, it turns out, resulted from a misunderstanding that has since been cleared up. There is no deal between the two campaigns; there is only a strategic decision -- one which makes complete sense -- on the part of the Richardson campaign about where to direct its supporters if their group is not viable in certain precincts.) "

Second Update:

Richardson Campaign Response (4.00 / 2)
Hi this is Joaquin with the Richardson Campaign and the rumor is false- there are no deals. These are typical last minute election shenanigans.

http://www.openleft.com/showComment.do ;jsessionid=3E74316838F261993E775C25CED0CEAE?commentId=24139 <---This seems to be a bad link.


Hmmm - try this link - it is down in the comments section - the link above should go straight to the comment but it isn't working:

http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3032

[gene430]

5. Caucus system sucks

This kind of crap is why I do not understand why they still use the Caucus system.