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The fact is that the Romney/Ryan ticket is far less honest than the Obama/Biden one

Courtesy of fact-checker Politifact.com and some nerds with time on their hands, a study was just released which showcases that of the two tickets in this year's presidential election, the Republican one is far less honest than the Democratic one. Unlike many I know, I won't just stand by my talking point. I will back it up with evidence. I know - there's a shocker, right?

If one isn't familiar with Politifact.com, they separate their honesty grades in the following six categories: 1) True (completely true), 2) Mostly True, 3) Half True, 4) Mostly False, 5) False and 6 ) Pants On Fire (a statement that went above and beyond even just calling it completely false).

Since President Obama has been in office for going on four years, he and Biden have a much greater number of overall grades - 505 at this point, whereas Romney and Ryan have a collected 223 such grades.

To this point, of all 505 Obama and Biden statements that have been graded by the site, 227 of them are either mostly or completely true, which is equal to 43.0%. Of all the comments they had graded, 145 were labeled as mostly false, false or pants on fire, which is equal to 28.7%. So, for the time being, the Obama/Biden ticket is at +14.3% when comparing their honest to their dishonest statements.

For the Republican ticket, one can pretty much reverse those percentages. Of their 223 graded statements, only 65 have been labeled as either true or mostly true (29.1%) and 98 have been categorized as mostly false, false or pants on fire (43.9%). So, the ticket is currently at -14.8% when comparing their honest to dishonest statements, for an overall difference of 29.1% in favor of the Democratic ticket on the honesty front. What may be the most jarring number of them all is that of the 505 graded statements made by President Obama and Vice President Biden, only 10 have been labeled as "pants on fire," which is equal to 2.0%. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have only had 223 statements graded - that's 282 fewer than Obama and Biden. Yet, the Republican ticket has made 19 statements that have been labeled as "pants on fire" (8.5%), almost twice the number of the Obama/Biden ticket and with 282 fewer statements that have been graded. At this rate, if and when Romney/Ryan amass 505 graded statements, they will have to their credit 43 that are labeled "pants on fire" - over four times that of Obama and Biden. Here's a breakdown of the numbers below:

True/Mostly True
1. Obama/Biden (227 of 505): 43.0%
2. Romney/Ryan (65 of 223): 29.1% (-13.9%)

Mostly False/False/Pants On Fire
1. Romney/Ryan (98 of 223): 43.9% (+15.2%)
2. Obama/Biden (145 of 505): 28.7%

Net Difference
1. Obama/Biden: 43.0% (honest)/28.7% (dishonest) = +14.3%
2. Romney/Ryan: 29.1% (honest)/43.9% (dishonest) = -14.8%

Difference of 29.1%

http://www.eclectablog.com/2012/10/politifact-tells-the-tale-obamabiden-lead-in-truth-department-romneyryan-tell-more-lies-chart.html

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