Politifact Grades

Politfact has become one of the most important websites on the Internet as it unflinchingly rates people’s honesty in their speeches and comments. I decided to search out Politifact and give politicians grades. Politfact has certain categories and I decided to assign a number to each score.

If a statement is True, I gave the person 4 points, an A.

If the statement is Mostly True, 3 points, a B.

If the statement is Half True, 2 points, a C.

If the statement is mostly Barely True, 1 point a D.

If a statement is False, 0 points, an F.

If the statement is Pants on Fire, I gave them -1 points for pure deceit.

Like a normal grade, I counted up the total number of points and divided by the number of actual statements the person has on Politfact. The President scored the highest with a 2.2 but this can be attributed to a lot of things. For one, he has, by far and away, the most number of statements because he is the President of the United States and, because he is also the most scrutinized person, he has to be incredibly careful with what he says because he will be called out on it. Or, perhaps he is more honest than most. People can come to whatever conclusions they want. Having said all that, a score of 2.2, in my opinion, is nothing to be proud of.

On the bottom end of the scale is Michele Bachmann who had a score of 0 in True or Mostly True. Her total score was 0.2 which can only mean she’s one of the most overwhelmingly dishonest politicians in the United States. Interestingly enough, she professes herself to be a Christian. If she really is, I’d presume she’s a Christian for whom only 9 Commandments count.

The results are disturbing. Two well known people failed miserably, one beyond miserably. The highest scores were C’s, not even C+. Really awful stuff if you ask me.

President Barack Obama Score 2.22 C

Speaker John Boehner Score 1.97 C

Senator Mitch McConnell Score 1.9 C

Senator Harry Reid Score 1.8 C

Cong. Nancy Pelosi Score 1.86 C

VP Joe Biden Score 2.0 C

Sarah Palin Score 1.6 D+

Mike Pence 1.4 D

Rachel Maddow Score 1.27 D

Glenn Beck Score .86 F

Michele Bachmann Score .2 F