I'm sure that goat-molester clueless and divided didn't intend things to work out this way, but I'm glad that he pointed out the Politifact site. I realized that it would serve as an excellent objective analysis of the frequency of egregious lies being told in the news by conservotards, wingnutters, and the GOP vs. those told by liberals and progressives.
So I went through all 11 pages of the "Liar, Liar Pants on Fire" lies and categorized them by political leaning (Democrat, Republican, or neutral). For example, "Anonymous Facebook posting" was neutral, as was "chain email". Obama was categorized as "Democrat", while Sarah Palin was categorized as "Republican".
Summary:
207 - number of total egregious lies that fall into the "Liar, Liar" category
102 - number of outlandish lies told by Republicans, conservatives, wingnutters, Tea Party clowns, etc.
45 - number of outlandish lies told be Democrats, liberals, progressives, etc.
The highest number of such lies is not directly attributable to either political leaning; "chain email" accounted for 46 such instances. I guess Politifact had their hands full chasing down random internet rumors.
Afterwards, the top three liars that are directly attributable to either real human beings or to organizations - well, predictably, they were all Republicans.
* The #1 liar is Mitt Romney, with 13 such outlandish lies;
* The #2 liar is Michelle Bachman, coming in right behind with 12 such lies;
* The #3 liar is John McCain
* Barack Obama is #6
* Sarah Palin is #7
So rightwingers and their allies account for more than twice the number of lies told by liberals and progressives.
Granular details below, although the columns don't align perfectly:
Chain 46 Neutral
Mitt Romney 13 R
Michele Bachmann 12 R
John McCain 8 D
Bloggers 7 Neutral
Newt Gingrich 7 D
Barack Obama 5 D
Sarah Palin 5 R
Facebook 4 Neutral
Glenn Beck 4 R
Rick Perry 4 D
Rush Limbaugh 4 R
Joe Biden 3 D
Donald Trump 3 R
Rick Santorum 3 R
Mike Huckabee 2 D
Rudy Giuliani 2 R
Americans for Prosperity 2 R
Bill Clinton 2 R
Christine O'Donnell 2 R
Crossroads GPS 2 R
Ed Schultz 2 D
Florida GOP 2 R
Hillary Clinton 2 R
J. D. Hayworth 2 D
Michael Steele 2 R
Nancy Pelosi 2 D
NRA 2 R
Republican Natl Cmte 2 D
Bill Richardson 1 D
John Edwards 1 R
Mike Gravel 1 D
American Action Network 1 R
American Public 1 Neutral
AmeriPAC 1 R
Andrew Napolitano 1 R
Barbara Boxer 1 R
Betsy McCaughey 1 R
Bill O'Reilly 1 R
Brian Schweitzer 1 R
Carly Fiorina 1 R
Charles Rangel 1 D
Christopher Monckton 1 R
Cynthia Lummis 1 R
Dan Coats 1 R
Dem Natl Campaign Cmte 1 R
Dick Cheney 1 R
Eric Cantor 1 R
Fred Karger 1 R
Freedom Defense Advocates 1 Neutral
Harry Reid 1 R
Herman Cain 1 R
House Republican Conf. 1 D
Investors Business Daily 1 Neutral
Jan Brewer 1 D
Jerome Corsi 1 R
Jim DeMint 1 R
John Raese 1 R
Jon Huntsman 1 D
Liberty Counsel 1 R
Michael Savage 1 R
Mike Prendergast 1 D
Mitch Daniels 1 R
Nancy Pfotenhauer 1 R
Organizing for America 1 R
Orly Taitz 1 R
Paul Ryan 1 R
Planned Parenthood 1 R
Randy Neugebauer 1 R
Reince Priebus 1 R
Rick Barber 1 R
Roy Blunt 1 R
Russell Pearce 1 R
Scott Brown 1 R
Steve King 1 R
Tim Pawlenty 1 R
Victoria Jackson 1 R
Vietnam Vets against McCain 1 D
Virginia Fox 1 R
WorldNetDaily 1 R