Last night during the VP debates, I noted that Dick Cheney mentioned factcheck.com when responding to some of Edwards’ claims about Haliburton. I didn’t actually check out the site immediately post-debate, so I’m just now picking up on this funny little tidbit:
Cheney most likely meant to direct people to factcheck.org, from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center.
He actually directed people to factcheck.com — which redirects to George Soros‘ website, where visitors are immediately greeted with a banner message proclaiming “Why we must not re-elect President Bush: A personal message from George Soros”, and a headline a little further down the page that says “President Bush is endagering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values.”
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Here’s what FactCheck.org has to say about the flub:
Cheney got our domain name wrong — calling us “FactCheck.com” — and wrongly implied that we had rebutted allegations Edwards was making about what Cheney had done as chief executive officer of Halliburton.
In fact, we did post an article pointing out that Cheney hasn’t profited personally while in office from Halliburton’s Iraq contracts, as falsely implied by a Kerry TV ad. But Edwards was talking about Cheney’s responsibility for earlier Halliburton troubles. And in fact, Edwards was mostly right.
Go, Cheney, go! If only all Republicans could be this helpful.