FactCheck.org is the website of a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics for voters

by monitoring the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.

They are a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania and not related to any political party.  They simply check facts.  In these midterm elections, they are a good place to turn for the truth behind the spin in any given campaign.  This post, for example, shows that both the Republican and Democratic candidates for Senator in Nevada are making false claims about each other.
So what about the Pledge to America that Republican Party leaders recently made?
FactCheck.org recently turned its attention to the Pledge and found that it is based on playing hard and loose with some of the facts.

The Republican “Pledge to America,” released Sept. 23, contains some dubious factual claims:

• It declares that “the only parts of the economy expanding are government and our national debt.” Not true. So far this year government employment has declined slightly, while private sector employment has increased by 763,000 jobs.
• It says that “jobless claims continue to soar,” when in fact they are down eight percent from their worst levels.
• It repeats a bogus assertion that the Internal Revenue Service may need to expand by 16,500 positions, an inflated estimate based on false assumptions and guesswork.
• It claims the stimulus bill is costing $1 trillion, considerably more than the $814 billion, 10-year price tag currently estimated by nonpartisan congressional budget experts.
• It says Obama’s tax proposals would raise taxes on “roughly half the small business income in America,” an exaggeration. Much of the income the GOP is counting actually comes from big businesses making over $50 million a year.

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The article then goes on to elaborate and provide the evidence on which it makes each of the claims above.  To take a political position or hold an opinion, to be ideologically opposed to government involvement in Health Care for example, is a valid position.  I respect that.  I disagree with it, but I respect it and can argue with it.  But to argue based on false premises, whichever side does it and in favor of whatever positions, is not acceptable and it is not fair.
Forward this around.  Don’t let the Republican leadership get away with it.  And check back with FactCheck.org regularly.  When the Democrats, Libertarians, Independents or any other group misstate or make up the facts, hold them responsible, too.  Because Left or Right, north or south, the truth is the truth!