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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Who are the 47 Percent?
In a secretly recorded video at a May fundraiser, Mitt Romney told donors that 47 percent of Americans do not pay federal income tax and are “dependent upon the government.” Who are the 47 percent? Deputy Managing Editor Robert Farley explains on WCBS radio that most of them are working …
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Romney’s Stump Speech
To the strains of Kid Rock’s “Born Free,” Mitt Romney took to the stage at a minor league baseball park in Nashua, N.H., on Sept. 7 flanked by his wife, Ann, and delivered a standard — albeit slightly longer — version of his stump speech. But unless you were at Holman Stadium that day …
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Romney, Obama Court Moms, Distort Facts
Mitt Romney and President Obama each distort the facts in TV ads aimed at young mothers: Romney’s ad falsely attributes the nation’s $16 trillion debt all to Obama when it says “your share of Obama’s debt is over $50,000.” The total public debt was $10.6 trillion when Obama took office, …
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Brown ‘Lying’ About Abortion Stance?
An abortion rights group says that Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts is “straight-up lying” in a new ad that says he is “pro-choice, and he supports a woman’s right to choose.” That’s wrong. Brown has consistently said he is a supporter of abortion rights dating back to 2004, and …
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NRCC Attack Ad Misleads Iowa Voters
A Republican TV ad falsely claims that businesses “are forced to drop health care coverage” and families are “losing health care benefits” under the new federal health care law. “That’s what’s happening,” the ad says. But that’s not happening now. The claim is based on a July survey of corporate …
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Tagged health care (225), National Republican Congressional Committee
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Double Whopper, No Beef
The Romney campaign crams two howling falsehoods into a very few words: It accuses President Obama of being personally responsible for actions by the Federal Reserve Board, which is independent. It claims Obama is “spending your tax dollars” in the Fed’s latest move to buy mortgage-backed securities, when in fact …
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Crossroads Colors Kaine’s Cuts
Two ads from Crossroads GPS paint incomplete and misleading pictures of Tim Kaine’s support for cutting education and defense spending. One ad says that “when Tim Kaine proposed harsh funding cuts for Virginia schools, one Democrat called it ‘a kick in the teeth.’ ” It’s true that the top official …
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Tagged Crossroads GPS, defense, education, Tim Kaine, Virginia
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Romney’s Bogus ‘Apology’ Claim
FactCheck.org Director Brooks Jackson talks to WCBS radio about a false claim that Mitt Romney repeatedly made after the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya and the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Romney said the Obama administration issued an “apology for American values” after the attacks. That’s not …
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