"I read it on the internet."

[MrScorpio]

Not a good idea

Politifact's numbers on shit that your winger friends and family send you to you from the internet.

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/chain-email/

Chain e-mail's statements by ruling
Click on the ruling to see all of Chain e-mail's statements for that ruling.

True 5 (4%)(5)
Mostly True 5 (4%)(5)
Half True 8 (6%)(8)
Mostly False 10 (8%)(10)
False 32 (25%)(32)
Pants on Fire 67 (53%)(67)

Worst part is that they believe the lies to be true.

Chain e-mails circulate on the Internet, usually anonymously, making a variety of political claims.

[Democracyinkind]

1. Interesting.

Then again, if chain emails constitute the primary source of political information for anyone I'm inclined that they are hopeless cases anyway.