Even some of the most notoriously deceptive political campaign ads often rest on a thin reed of truth — weasel words to provide an escape hatch in case skeptical observers start doing some actual digging.
Not so the recent Obama attack ads suggesting that GOP challenger Mitt Romney outsourced jobs to other nations during his time at venture capital firm Bain Capital.
The claims were too much even for left-leaning FactCheck.org, which ripped them apart in extended fashion.
The organization pored over documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as a range of other information sources.
Its conclusion? “[W]e found no evidence to support the claim that Romney — while he was still running Bain Capital — shipped American jobs overseas.”