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Proud Liberal Dem

(24,436 posts) Fri Oct 5, 2012, 03:00 PM Oct 2012

Politifact strikes again (re: Debate)

"Under Gov. Romney's definition ... Donald Trump is a small business."

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/oct/04/barack-obama/barack-obama-says-donald-trump-small-business-deba/

I might be mistaken but when I heard President Obama say this during the debate, I took it as sarcasm/joke. Did anybody else watching/listening to the debate come away with a different impression? Is Politifact now fact-checking sarcasm? Really?

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Politifact strikes again (re: Debate) (Original Post) Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2012 OP

It's actually not sarcasm. PDJane Oct 2012 #1

Wow! Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2012 #2

Yep. LeftofObama Oct 2012 #3

I guess I feel kind of silly now Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2012 #4

PDJane

(10,103 posts)

1. It's actually not sarcasm.

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 03:03 PM

Oct 2012

Under certain forms of business registration, a small business is anything that has a sole owner. Under that definition, Trump and the WalMart boys are a small business!