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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
And that gets to the crux of it. Its either "the truth", or "complete fantasy". It is sad that partisan politics prevents us from even agreeing as to what facts are facts, and which are "spin"...
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That is not the crux of it at all. I read the article you posted. Still no evidence that Frank lied. That has nothing to do with spin or partisan politics or any of that.
The "fantasy" part that I mentioned has nothing to do with whether Frank lied. The article you posted said that the problems with Fannie and Freddie are responsible for the 2008 meltdown. That is just not true.
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...Everyone is too afraid to look at the plain facts--everything must be spun to suit an agenda...
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Speak for yourself. I am completely biased in favor of Frank in this matter, even though it appears that his ideology got in the way of his better judgment on this issue. That bias, though, would not prevent me from accepting evidence that he lied. I just wish someone would either provide that evidence or admit that it doesn't exist.
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...I am as guilty as anyone---I reject anything from salon.com, or huffington post--much like others reject anything from Drudge or other sources...
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That's your loss.
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The insidious part is that everyone uses just enough of "the TRUTH" as they need to, but then the rest is spun to "prove" a POV.
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That is not true. I know to a 100% certainty that "everyone" does not do that. I know people from far left to far right who don't do that.
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There is more truth to the old adage "Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear" than in almost any "news" source today.
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I agree with that part.