Ukuthola ukuthi ubani ofihle iqiniso kakhulu, i-TIME ibuze umkhankaso ngamunye ngohlu lwenkohliso embi kakhulu yezimbangi zayo. Ngemva kokuhlola lezo zimangalo kanye nokubonisana namawebhusayithi azimele ahlola amaqiniso, sikhethe amanye amanga agqama kakhulu nezibikezelo zomkhankaso ka-2012*—okungenani kuze kube manje. Uma kuqhathaniswa nomkhankaso ka-Obama, izitatimende ezingalungile zomsebenzi we-Romney zivame ukuba nesibindi. Kodwa ngezinye izikhathi amanga aphumelela kakhulu yilawo aseduze neqiniso, futhi ithimba lika-Obama livame ukudlula uRomney ngobuciko obumnyama bokuhlanekezela okucashile. Kuzo zombili izinhlangothi, ukungathembeki “kubi njengoba sengike ngakubona,” kusho umakadebona wentatheli uBrooks Jackson, umqondisi we-FactCheck.org.
Umdlalo wamanga wembuleka emazingeni amaningi. Imikhankaso iyayifihla, isonta iqiniso futhi yenza ihaba. Basizakala ngokuba yinkimbinkimbi. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, bafuna imininingwane—engokoqobo noma engelona iqiniso—eqinisekisa izinsolo zethu. Alukho u-Obama “uhambo lokuxolisa,” kodwa i-canard yadlondlobala ngoba abanye abavoti bawuxwayile umuzwa wakhe wokukhethekile waseMelika. Uma ufunda sonke isigaba, inkulumo kaMongameli ethi “Awuzange ulakhe lokho” ibonakala inengqondo, kodwa umongo waba yisisulu sombono wokuthi u-Obama uyenyanya ibhizinisi lamahhala. U-Bain akakaze abe ngumzuzi webheyili yabakhokhi bentela, kodwa nokho ama-75% abantu baseMelika bakholelwa okuphambene, ngenxa yokuthi amaDemocrats alahle u-Romney njengohlobo lwe-plutocrat okukokotelwa kuye imithetho.
Ngisho nakubavoti abanomqondo ovulekile futhi abanolwazi, iqiniso livame ukucabangela. Ukuqonda ukuthi kunzima kakhulu lapho imikhankaso ibhekelela amaqembu amabili ahlukene abavoti abonakala ekhetha amasethi amabili amaqiniso ahluke kakhulu.
* Lezi zingcaphuno zivela kumakhandidethi noma ezikhangisweni zomkhankaso abazigunyaze mathupha, ngaphandle kwesimangalo sethimba lika-Obama mayelana ne-Bain Consulting, esaphindwa iPhini likaMongameli u-Biden.
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