......an it is all Obama's fault.
Furor on the Wingnet. Politifact calls Romney's Statement a Pants on Fire Lie. More Furor on the Wingnet.
In the last GOTP debate, Willard Milton Romney made the assert that President Obama has hollowed out the armed forces claiming the Navy is at its weakest point since 1917 and the Air Force at its weakest point since 1946. Well he did it phrase it exactly this way, but that was the impression that Willard was trying to leave in the minds of the rabid audience members. This is of course false. The Air Force and Navy have a few more ship and planes today than they had at the end of the Bush Administration. And while we may have had a lot more rowboats in 1917 than the 11 Aircraft Carriers we have today, everyone knows that today's Navy is a bit different than the navy of yesteryear. Would you trade 11 Aircraft Carriers for 11,000 row boats? Hell No! With that said, Politifact gave Romney's bogus charge a pants on fire rating…….because it was factually indefensible.
While everyone knows that the US Navy is the strongest Navy in world (China has a recycled Russian Aircraft carrier and Russia has zero), one would think that defending Romney's statement would be a waste of time. NOT SO! Jonah Golberg and the Scott Guy from Powerline Blog are outraged because Politifact does not consider 11,000 rowboats superior to 11 Aircraft Carriers and gave Willard the pants on fire designation for misleading his audience in a most devious way.
Isn't 11,000 more than 11, dammit! Well actually no, it is not. You just can't win with these guys.
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