The fact-checkers, as reported here and elsewhere, agree that for the most part, the facts and figures quoted by former President Bill Clinton in his speech on Wednesday evening at the Democratic National Convention were essentially correct, with only a few exceptions. The media seem surprised by this, because they obviously expected another outcome from their attempted dirt-digging.
Most people's main form of exercise is 'jumping to conclusions' and I'm just as guilty of that as anyone, but let's face it Folks - not all politicians are two-faced lying bastards. But checking the facts is a good thing, because as former French President Charles de Gaulle once said: "Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him."
However, after taking over the White House from the infamous 'Dubya', current President Barack Obama would most likely heartily agree with the words of another famous President, John F. Kennedy, who said: "When we got into office,
the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were." And the famous Adlai Stevenson said: "If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them."
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