10/9 Debate Followup

Factcheck.org: Fred Thompson better at stating facts than Rudolph Giuliani

This is important enough to dock Giuliani a few more points in my highly unscientific subjective debate scoring.

However, it's important to point out that Giuliani's supposedly inaccurate statements regarding Hillary Clinton's policies may not be as inaccurate as they seem to be if you go on just what Mrs. Clinton said.

If you entertain for a moment the notion that Hillary Clinton is actually a power-hungry witch who can play public opinion like a digereedo, you might be tempted to look beyond her statements as you try to decipher her intentions.

While this is probably true, Rudy Giuliani still demonstrated a greater looseness with the facts than some other candidates. But I don't think that will hurt him necessarily. He has a good conciseness to his statements that makes him stand out in debate, and having a few factual errors is the sort of thing that many people will end up overlooking. I would suggest though that the person we want as our head of state be someone whose statements can stand up to scrutiny.