Candidate Scorecard (based on Politifact)

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    Barack H. Obama
    Total jobs lost since day of inauguration: 3.5 million
    Jobs lost in the previous six months: 3.4 million
    Jobs gained since day of inauguration: 2.1 million
    Constant job growth for six quarters?: Yes
    Jobs grade: 83%
    Promises kept or in the works: 436
    Promises broken: 70
    Promises grade: 86%
    Targeted attacks on terrorists, rather than a full-scale invasion?: Yes
    (Still playing sheriff in Middle East?: Yes)
    War grade: 88%
    Rated true statements: 174
    Rated false statements: 106
    Truthiness grade: 62%
    Total grade: 80%
    Comments: Not great, Obama. Still, not awful.

    Willard M. Romney
    Jobs grade: --
    Promises grade: --
    War grade: --
    Rated true statements: 43
    Rated false statements: 54
    Truthiness grade: 44%
    Total grade: 44%
    Comments: Hmm. You're new, so it's understandable, but see me after class.

    Personal Note:
    I guess I'm voting for Romney anyway. It's...possible? That he averages 92% in those three unrated categories....And maybe he'll be more honest as the months go by, or Obama will lie more.
    We might as well cling to hopes that A.) career politicians can extrapolate business sense to the federal government, B.) they are trustworthy despite being factually wrong a lot on the ol' trail, and C.) would be good at the game of international politics and war. Beats the alternative of Barack Obama attaining absolute power, somehow, and destroying us all because he's probably evil.
     

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