FACT CHECK: Not the whole truth in Pawlenty claims

Source: AP

FACT CHECK: Not the whole truth in Pawlenty claims
(AP) – 23 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — "Truth" was Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's buzzword Monday when he announced his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. He said he will tell the truth about hard choices facing the nation while others — President Barack Obama notably among them — do not.

A parsing of Pawlenty's opening-day statements shows they were not the whole truth.

Here is a sampling of his claims Monday and how they compare with the facts.

PAWLENTY: "The truth is, people getting paid by the taxpayers shouldn't get a better deal than the taxpayers themselves. That means freezing federal salaries, transitioning federal employee benefits, and downsizing the federal work force as it retires." — Campaign announcement.
THE FACTS: A federal pay freeze is already in effect. Obama proposed and Congress approved a two-year freeze on the pay of federal employees, exempting the armed forces, Congress and federal courts.

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on the pay of federal employees, exempting the armed forces, Congress and federal courts."

He's cross-eyed too.

If a neocon uses the word "truth," -- s/he's lying.

The hard way.

IMPOSSIBLE!!! I've never heard of a Republican politician speaking anything other than God's Truth!!!

Hopefully I don't need to use the sarcasm emoticon here to illustrate the rediculousness of that last statement...

Whaddya expect from this assclown? The damn truth? If he spoke the damn truth he'd have a damn D next to his name.