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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Biden on Hezbollah, and other late debate goodies
In today’s Washington Post, Michael Dobbs, a.k.a. The Fact Checker, writes about a few more stumbles from the debate, including a couple items that we didn’t have in our story on Friday. Dobbs, a former diplomatic reporter, says Sen. Joe Biden was wrong when he said the U.S. and France …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Alaska, Hezbollah, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, vice presidential debate
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FactChecking Biden-Palin Debate
Summary Biden and Palin debated, and both mangled some facts. Palin mistakenly claimed that troop levels in Iraq had returned to “pre-surge” levels. Levels are gradually coming down but current plans would have levels higher than pre-surge numbers through early next year, at least. Palin repeated a false claim that …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged health care, Iraq, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, small business, VP Debate
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The Full Fact-Check of the V.P. Debate
We posted several items to The Wire last night as Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden were debating. But in the wee hours of Friday, we also posted a full article on the misleading statements and factual errors we found in their exchange. See our story on the v.p. …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
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Who’s to Blame for the Financial Crisis?
Two new ads point fingers: MoveOn.org pins the blame on Sen. John McCain’s advisers. The McCain-Palin campaign says it’s Obama and Democrats in Congress. We say both are wrong. See our full article, posted on our main site, FactCheck.org, for more on these misleading TV spots: Who Caused the Economic …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
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McCain in the vanguard of mortgage reform?
Sarah Palin says that McCain sounded the alarm on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago. Our colleagues at PolitiFact questioned that claim, calling it “barely true.” Palin’s referring to a bill that would have increased oversight on Fannie and Freddie. McCain signed onto that bill as a cosponsor, …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Sarah Palin, vice presidential debate
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Health Care Deregulation?
Biden said that McCain wrote in a magazine article that he wanted to do for the health care industry what deregulation had done for Wall Street. That’s taking McCain’s words out of context, as we’ve written before. Biden is referring to a phrase from a journal article under McCain’s name …
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Socialized Medicine?
Palin said that Obama’s plan would be “government run” and would mandate health care. The first claim is false, as we’ve said before. Obama’s plan would increase the offerings of publicly funded health care, but would not replace or remove private insurance, or require people to enroll in a public …
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Tax Cuts for Oil Companies?
McCain isn’t proposing a special tax break for oil companies, despite Joe Biden’s mention (more than once) of the $4 billion cut they’d get. As we’ve noted previously, McCain’s plan would cut the corporate tax rate from 35 to 25 percent — for ALL corporations, not just oil companies. It …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Joe Biden, oil companies, taxes, vice presidential debate
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Tax Distortions
Palin repeated several false claims about Obama’s tax policies. Obama did not in fact vote to increase taxes on “families” making as little as $42,000 per year. What Obama actually voted for was a budget resolution that called for returning the 25 percent tax bracket to its pre-Bush tax cut …
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Tagged Sarah Palin, tax increases, tax policy, vice presidential debate
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