Facts to FactCheck: Your Factcheck is All Wet

In one of the more smarmily-titled pieces of straight reference works, FactCheck.org responds to an Obama campaign check of the facts with this impertinent gem:

FactCheck to Obama Camp: Your Complaint is All Wet 

That was July 2 and, oh, the great laughs had sticking it to the Obama folks. And the arrogant campaign had the nerve to back their complaint with a six-page dissection of the pertinent data ... then sent it to media outlets without FactCheck's permission! 

"The Obama campaign’s objections are contained in a six-page letter sent to us (and  — without notice to us — to other news organizations as well)."

Oh, that dang Obama campaign ... acting all presidenty and stuff. With their hubris, you'd think they worked for the President of the United States or something.

"The Obama complaint claims we erred in saying Mitt Romney gave up active management of Bain Capital in early 1999 to run the 2002 Winter Olympics, insisting we were then wrong in saying Romney was not responsible for shipping U.S. jobs overseas.

In fact, if the Obama campaign were correct, Romney would be guilty of a federal felony by certifying on federal financial disclosure forms that he left active management of Bain Capital in February 1999."

Well that couldn't be true. Romney's the patrician Bostonian via the sweet innocence of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., for Pete's sake so no potentially criminal acts for him.

Then came today and the facts bore out: Boston Globe reports headlined, "Mitt Romney stayed at Bain 3 years longer than he stated."

OK, sure, it ain't six pages but sure seems folks are starting to dump cold water all over the vaunted org's checkers. 

Okay now Annenberg, get your keypads ready because around 11:30, blogger Greg Sargent tweeted: "Obama campaign lawyer Bob Bauer just strongly hinted that more revelations about Romney's Bain involvement after 1999 are coming." .We await your next divorce from the truth.