evidence: If Your Time is short - "I would just like to clear the air and say it was not created by me," Jeff Foxworthy said about the statement attributed to him. "It is nothing close to my beliefs, and someone just slapped my name on it." Back in January, we fact-checked a viral Facebook post claiming that comedian Jeff Foxworthy authored a bit on how you know you live in a country "that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots." [...] "It’s the Fence Test," begins a statement attributed to Foxworthy. "Which side of the fence? (If you’ve ever wondered which side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test!) 1. If a Republican doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t buy one. If a Democrat doesn’t like guns, he wants all guns outlawed."