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    Politifact: Bachmann now 0-for-7 on truth-telling

    By David Brauer | Published Tue, Nov 3 2009 3:39 pm

    Another swing and a miss for Minnesota's most coverable congresswoman, according to the Pulitizer Prize-winning fact-checkers from the St. Petersburg Times.

    This time, it's Rep. Bachmann statement that the House health care bill "says specifically that people can't purchase private health insurance after a date certain." Truth-O-Meter verdict: "Pants on fire."

    For those of us keeping score, this is the seventh time Politifact has checked out a Bachmann claim, and the seventh time it's been found false. Four of those seven have been rated "pants on fire" for high level of distortion.

    But don't worry Michele; George Will says all is forgiven because you make Democrats mad. Moral relativism, indeed.

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    David Brauer authors Braublog and is MinnPost's local media reporter. He's covered media and politics as a writer and editor since 1983 for City Pages, the Southwest/Downtown Journal, KFAN and KSTP-AM, Mpls.St.Paul, Minnesota Monthly, Law & Politics, the Business Journal, KARE11 and national outlets. Follow him on Twitter. Email: dbrauer [at] minnpost [dot] com. 


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