The McCain/Palin "Disrespectful" Ad

If you go by the quotes attributed to Obama and Biden in the new McCain "Disrespectful" ad, the two men sound horribly sexist.

But this election requires due diligence before you accept anything at face value. Fortunately the non-partisan FactCheck.org, which makes its home at the Annenberg Public Policy Center, is vetting almost everything it can to ensure that statements are verified or debunked.

According to them, "A McCain-Palin TV ad accuses Obama of being "disrespectful" of Palin, but it distorts quotes to make the case." FactCheck goes into the details of how these words were manipulated.

I always check out email forwards and internet stories against David Emery's Urban Legends site so I don't fall for something on the web that's a hoax. This election cycle has taught me to take the stories that rile me and run them through FactCheck.org. When I find out whether or not they're fact or fiction, then it's up to me to determine whether the candidate involved made an honest mistake - or not.