Politifact checks blatantly false statement and calls it half true

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http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/aug/05/eric-cantor/eric-cantor-says-federal-deficit-growing/

During an interview on Fox News Sunday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., took aim at red ink in the federal government.

Cantor said, "What we are trying to do is fund the government and make sure also that we take away the kinds of things that are standing in the way of a growing economy (and) a better health care, and all the while keeping our eye focused on trying to deal with the ultimate problem, which is this growing deficit."

There’s one problem: The federal deficit isn’t "growing." At least not now.

First, a refresher on what a deficit is. If revenues are bigger than spending, you have a surplus. If spending is bigger than revenues, you have a deficit.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the federal deficit -- the amount by which the government has been spending more than it has been taking in -- has been declining since peaking in 2009:

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This leaves me boarder line speechless. Just what does a Republican have to do to get a full lie rating from these frauds.

[Mojorabbit]

1. They do that a lot

Our local cable news does a piece every few days using them and I end up yelling at the tv.

[DirkGently]

2. Rachel Maddow has nailed Politifact for being wrong repeatedly.

She got them on this one too, apparently.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/08/06/19892587-politifact-finds-its-pants-on-fire?lite

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3. so he get half credit because maybe they will grow to where they're half as big by 2023?

so if cantor had said "the stock market went up when shrub was president", politifact would say that half right, because there were indeed a few days in there somewhere when the stock market went up.

[DirkGently]

5. And unemployment must be up, given it COULD go BACK up. n/t

[lumberjack_jeff]

4. Republicans are idiots, so "what they meant to say" excuses voters for electing them. n/t