Monthly Archives: August 2008

Wind Power Puffery

Posted on August 8, 2008

Summary A McCain ad shows pictures of wind-driven turbines while the narrator says: "Renewable energy to transform our economy, create jobs and energy independence, that's John McCain." But, in fact, his energy plan doesn't specify any new federal spending for renewable energy and says only that he'd "rationalize" existing tax …
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No Flag on Obama’s Plane?

Posted on August 8, 2008

Q: Did Obama replace the U.S. flag on the tail of his campaign plane with his campaign symbol? A: Yes. Obama’s newly designed campaign plane features the campaign’s logo on the tail. However, an image of the U.S. flag appears on the side of the plane.

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Obama Quote Rumors

Posted on August 6, 2008

Q: Did Obama urge supporters to help him change "the greatest nation in the history of the world"? A: No. Obama never said what’s being attributed to him in a number of chain e-mail messages. The line was meant as a joke about John McCain, Hillary Clinton and politicians in …
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Obama’s Overstatement

Posted on August 4, 2008 , Updated on August 6, 2008

Summary Obama released a TV spot saying McCain’s campaign got $2 million from "Big Oil" while McCain proposed "another $4 billion in tax breaks" for the industry. The truth is that McCain’s campaign has received $1.33 million from individuals employed in the oil and gas industry, not $2 million. Obama …
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Bluegrass Gasoline Blues

Posted on August 4, 2008

Summary Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is running an ad blaming his opponent for contributing to high gasoline prices in the state. We find that’s a big exaggeration. At most, prices are 12.1 cents per gallon higher as a result of the 1980 tax change that was favored …
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Uranium in Iraq

Posted on August 3, 2008

Q: Was it recently revealed that the U.S. found uranium in Iraq after the invasion in 2003? A: No. Uranium recently shipped from Iraq to Canada was left over from Saddam Hussein’s defunct nuclear weapons program and had been in sealed containers, under guard, since the end of the first …
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U.S. Government Paying Former Insurgents?

Posted on August 1, 2008

Q: Is the U.S. government paying factions in Iraq not to fight us? A: We are paying Iraqis, some of whom were formerly hostile insurgents, to police areas and fight terrorists.

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