REQUEST: DID ROMNEY ADVOCATE MORE TROOPS IN IRAQ?

WATCH PARTYFACT-CHECKING REQUEST # 1

FA C T- C H E C K : Yes , b u t s o d i d O b a ma . “A n d fi n a l l y, R o mn e y d i d n o t s a y h e w o u l d l e a v e 3 0 , 0 0 0 t r o o p s i n I r a q , b u t p u t t h e n u mb e r a t s o me w h e r e b e t w e e n 1 0 , 0 0 0 a n d 3 0 , 0 0 0 . H i s e x a c t w o r d s w e r e : “ [ w ] e s h o u l d h a v e l e f t 1 0 - , 2 0 - , 3 0 - t h o u s a n d p e r s o n n e l t h e r e t o h e l p t r a n s i t i o n t o t h e I r a q i s ’ o w n mi l i t a r y c a p a b i l i t i e s . ” O b a ma h i ms e l f w a s p r o p o s i n g t o l e a v e 3 , 0 0 0 t o 4 , 0 0 0 t r o o p s t h e r e a t t h e t i m e n e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h t h e I r a q i g o v e r n m e n t b r o k e d o w n . ” h t t p : / / f a c t c h e c k . o r g / 2 0 1 2 / 1 0 / h o m e s t r e t c h - f a c t - s t r e t c h e r s/

S O U R C E : FA C T C H E C K . O R G C I T I N G F O X N E W S I N I T I A L S : L LW S

REQUEST:WHY IS THIS LIBYA THING SO IMPORTANT?

WATCH PARTYFACT-CHECKING REQUEST # 2

FACT-CHECK: “ L inger ing quest ions about the at tack are how much Pres ident Barack Obama’s adminis trat ion can be b lamed and whether i t mis led people about what happened in the days immediate ly a f ter the at tack .” – Po l i t i fac t , h t tp : / /www.po l i t i fac t .com/georg ia /ar t i c le /2012/oct /18 /at tack- l ibya-hot - top ic -both-candidates/

SOURCE: POLITIFACT INITIALS: MJ

REQUEST: WHAT IS THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE:

WATCH PARTYFACT-CHECKING REQUEST # 3

FACT-CHECK: 7.8%ALSO, IF YOU WANT BREAK DOWN BY REASON FOR UNEMPLOYMENT: HTTP: / /WWW.BLS.GOV/NEWS.RELEASE/EMPSIT.T11 .HTM

S O U R C E : B U R E A U O F L A B O R S TAT I S T I C S , S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 2 I N I T I A L S LW S

REQUEST: DID ROMNEY SAY ‘CLASS SIZES’ DON’T MATTER?

WATCH PARTYFACT-CHECKING REQUEST # 4

FAC T-C HE C K: Yes , mu l t i p l e t ime s : “ th e Wash in g ton T imes s t o r y c i t e d in th e ad was abou t Romn e y ' s M ay v i s i t t o a ph i l ade lph ia ch ar t e r s ch oo l . He j o in e d a r ou n dtab le o f t e ach er s an d t a lke d abou t h i s appr oach to e du ca t i on wh i l e gove r n or o f M assach u se t t s… Romn e y con t in u ed . "S o j u s t ge t t in g sma l l e r c l a s s r ooms d idn ’ t s e e m to be th e ke y. “ A l so , aga in in O r l an do : “ " I p l o t t ed th e on e ve r su s th e o th e r, c l a s s r oom s i z e aga in s t s tu den t pe r fo r man ce . An d gu ess wh a t ? T h e r e was n o r e l a t i on sh ip a t a l l . ” h t t p : / / w w w. p o l i t i f a c t . c o m / t r u t h - o - m e t e r / s t a t e m e n t s / 2 0 1 2 / a u g / 2 3 / b a r a ck - o b a m a / o b a m a - a d - s a y s - c l a s s - s i z e s - d o n t - m a t t e r - r o m n e y/ S O U R C E : P O L I T I FA C T I N I T I A L S : LW S

REQUEST:HAS OBAMA TRULY ‘STOOD WITH ISRAEL? ’ DID HE NOT IGNORE PRIME MINISTER?

WATCH PARTYFACT-CHECKING REQUEST # 5

FA C T- C H E C K : C N N s a y s t h e f o l l o w i n g o n d a y l i g h t c o m m e n t : “ o b a m a ' s " e x p l i c i t " s t a t e m e n t R o m n e y i s r e f e r e n c i n g d a t e s b a c k t o j u l y 2 0 0 9 , a t a c l o s e d m e e t i n g b e t w e e n O b a m a a n d s e l e c t J e w i s h l e a d e r s . A c c o r d i n g t o T h e Wa s h i n g t o n Po s t ' s a c c o u n t, c o n c e r n s w e r e b u i l d i n g o v e r t h e p r e s i d e n t ' s r e a s o n i n g o n t h e I s r a e l i - P a l e s t i n i a n c o n fl i c t . O b a m a s o u g h t t o a s s u r e t h e l e a d e r s t h a t h e a n d h i s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n u n d e r s t o o d t h e " n u a n c e s o f t h e c u r r e n t i s s u e s . ” A l s o , P o l i t i f a c t h a s r a t e d t h e N e t a n y a h u i g n o r i n g c l a i m FA L S E . h t t p: / /w w w . c n n . c o m / 2 0 1 2 / 1 0 / 0 8 / p o l i t i c s / f a c t - c h e c k - r o m n e y - d a y l i g h t / i n d e x . h t m l , h t t p : / / w w w . p o l i t i f a c t . c o m / t r u t h - o - m e t e r / s t a t e m e n t s / 2 0 1 2 / o c t / 1 2 / p a u l - r y a n / p a u l - r y a n -s a i d - o b a m a - w a s - n y c - s a m e - s a y - b i b i - d i s s e d - /

SOURCE: CNN, POLITIFACT INITIALS LLWS

REQUEST: DID OBAMA CRITICIZE U.S. ON HIS “APOLOGY TOUR?”

WATCH PARTYFACT-CHECKING REQUEST # 6

F A C T- C H E C K : Y E S . W h i l e n e v e r a n A p o l o g y To u r ( P o l i t i f a c t r a t e s t h i s c l a i m p a n t s o n fi r e ) , O b a m a d i d s a y t h i n g s l i k e “ a t a t o w n h a l l m e e t i n g i n Fr a n c e i n 2 0 0 9 , f o r e x a m p l e , O b a m a e n c o u r a g e d E u r o p e t o w o r k w i t h t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , a n d a d m i t t e d t h a t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s " h a s s h o w n a r r o g a n c e a n d b e e n d i s m i s s i v e , e v e n d e r i s i v e . " B u t h e i m m e d i a t e l y s a i d t h a t E u r o p e h a s b e e n g u i l t y o f a " c a s u a l " a n d " i n s i d i o u s " A n t i - A m e r i c a n i s m .

A t a m a j o r a d d r e s s t o t h e U n i t e d Na t i o n s, O b a m a s a i d , " I t o o k o ff i c e a t a t i m e w h e n m a n y a r o u n d t h e w o r l d h a d c o m e t o v i e w A m e r i c a w i t h s k e p t i c i s m a n d d i s t r u s t . P a r t o f t h i s w a s d u e t o m i s p e r c e p t i o n s a n d m i s i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t m y c o u n t r y. P a r t o f t h i s w a s d u e t o o p p o s i t i o n t o s p e c i fi c p o l i c i e s , a n d a b e l i e f t h a t o n c e r t a i n c r i t i c a l i s s u e s , A m e r i c a h a s a c t e d u n i l a t e r a l l y , w i t h o u t r e g a r d f o r t h e i n t e r e s t s o f o t h e r s . A n d t h i s h a s f e d a n a l m o s t r e fl e x i v e A n t i - A m e r i c a n i s m , w h i c h t o o o f t e n h a s s e r v e d a s a n e x c u s e f o r c o l l e c t i v e i n a c t i o n . "

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REQUEST:HOW EXACTLY DO ROMNEY’S FOREIGN POLICIES DIFFER FROM OBAMA’S?

WATCH PARTYFACT-CHECKING REQUEST # 7

FACT-CHECK: ProCon.Org has a s ide by s ide compar i son on 68 i ssues between Obama and Romney inc luding Syr ia , China , I ran , War on Terror, I s rae l -Pa les t in ian . You can fi nd i t here : HTTP: / /2012ELECTION.PROCON.ORG/VIEW.SOURCE-SUMMARY-CHART.PHP?TOPIC=64

SOURCE: PRO -CON.ORG INITIALS MJ

REQUEST: WERE ROMNEY’S EDUCATION STATS BEFORE HE TOOK OFFICE?

WATCH PARTYFACT-CHECKING REQUEST # 8

FACT-CHECK: Romney was Governor f rom 2003 to 2007 . Accord ing to ALEC’s 16 t h annua l Repor t Card on Amer ican Educat ion , Massachuset t s was ranked #2 behind on ly Vermont fo r “State F ina l R ank ing for Low-Income Chi ldren Overa l l Scores /Change in Scores on 4th- and 8th-Grade Read ing and Mathemat ics , 2003-2009 .” p . 1 7 o f h t t p : / /w w w. a l e c . o r g / d o c s / 2 0 1 0 - r e p o r t - c a r d _ fi n a l c o p y c o n d e n s e d . p d f I n 2 0 0 2 , t h e y e a r b e f o r e R o m n e y t o o k o ff i c e , M a s s a c h u s e t t s w a s r a n k e d # 2 i n t h e n a t i o n ( h t t p : / /t c f . o r g / b l o g s / b o t c / 2 0 1 2 / 1 0 / w h y - r o m n e y - s h o u l d n t - t a k e - c r e d i t - f o r - m a s s a c h u s e t t s - h ig h - e d u c a t i o n - r a n k s) . I n 2 0 1 1 a c c o r d i n g t o S E R I , # 1 i n t h e n a t i o n .

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REQUEST: OBAMA KEEPS TALKING ABOUT ROMNEY’S INVESTMENT IN COMPANIES SHIPPED OVERSEAS. WHAT IS OBAMA TALKING ABOUT?

WATCH PARTYFACT-CHECKING REQUEST # 9

FA CT- CHECK : M o s t l y True ac c o rd i ng t o Po l i t i f ac t . “ Ro mney ’ s i n v es t m ent co mp any, Ba i n Cap i t a l , b o ug ht a 10 .3 p e rc en t share i n G l o b a l -Tech A p p l i anc es t h ro ug h a sub s i d i a r y i n 1998 , ac c o rd i ng t o a J u l y a r t i c l e i n M o t her J o nes . In a p ro sp ec t us t ha t y ear, G l o b a l -Tec h d esc r i b ed t ha t i t had t w o f ac t o r i e s i n Ch i na t ha t p ro d uc ed c o ff ee mak er s , b read mak ers , and o t her sma l l ap p l i anc es f o r so me o f t he b es t k no w n b rand s , suc h as Sunb eam, Hami l t o n Beac h , M r. Co ff ee , Os t e r and o t her s . ”S O U R C E : H T T P : / / W W W . P O L I T I F A C T . C O M / T R U T H - O - M E T E R / S T A T E M E N T S / 2 0 1 2 / S E P / 2 0 / B A R A C K - O B A M A / O B A M A - S A Y S - R O M N E Y - T A L K S - T O U GH - C H I N A - P U T S - H I S - M O N E Y /

I N I T I A L S M K & M J

REQUEST: IS LATIN AMERICA’S ECONOMY THE SAME SIZE AS CHINA’S?

WATCH PARTYFACT-CHECKING REQUEST # 10

FACT-CHECK: No. Accord ing to the In te rnat iona l Monetary Fund ’ s l a tes t da ta fo r 2011 , Ch ina ’ s Gross Domes t i c Produc t (GDP) a t Current Pr i ces in US do l l a rs

was $7,912,147,000 . The combined GDP fo r La t in Amer ica & the Car ibbean was

$5,614,257,000 . F ind out more about g rowth ra tes , impor t s , expor t s , and pro j ec t ions here and here.

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