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The Truth on Troop Support?

Posted on July 22, 2008

Summary The McCain campaign is running a TV ad attacking Obama with statements that are literally true but paint an incomplete picture. It says he "voted against funding our troops." He did – exactly once. Obama cast at least 10 votes for war-funding bills before voting against one last year, after …
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A Full Tank of Nonsense

Posted on July 22, 2008 , Updated on July 23, 2008

Summary McCain’s new ad accuses Obama of keeping gas prices high, all by himself. That’s absurd, and McCain knows it – he has said repeatedly that our current problems were "30 years in the making." The ad also tells us that gas prices are high because "some in Washington are still …
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Questionable Quotes

Posted on July 18, 2008

Summary Vets for Freedom, a group made up of veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, launched a new ad this week that falsely attributes a quote to the Washington Post. The ad gives the impression that the Post was a critic of the surge in Iraq and is …
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Straining a Point

Posted on July 16, 2008

Summary Obama released a national ad saying he would "fast-track alternatives" to imported oil. On closer examination, his proposal is to spend $150 billion over the coming decade on energy research. Ten years doesn't sound all that "fast" to us, and there's no guarantee that the research will result in …
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AFL-CIO Falsely Attacks McCain

Posted on July 14, 2008 , Corrected on July 14, 2008

Summary The AFL-CIO is attacking McCain with a TV spot saying he voted "against increasing health care benefits for veterans." Actually, he voted for increases in those benefits. The labor federation points to McCain’s votes against Democratic proposals to increase funding. Those were defeated along party lines and were accompanied …
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McCain’s Small-Business Bunk

Posted on July 14, 2008

Summary McCain has repeatedly claimed that Obama would raise tax rates for 23 million small-business owners. It’s a false and preposterously inflated figure. We find that the overwhelming majority of those small-business owners would see no increase, because they earn too little to be affected. Obama’s tax proposal would raise …
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A False Accusation About Energy

Posted on July 9, 2008

Summary A new ad from the Republican National Committee claims Barack Obama proposes "no new solutions" for the energy and climate crises. In fact, the Illinois senator has proposed $150 billion in spending over 10 years for biofuels, plug-in hybrids, low-emission coal plants and the rapid commercialization of other new, …
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Errors en Espanol

Posted on July 8, 2008 , Updated on July 9, 2008

Summary McCain’s new radio ad, in Spanish, aims to show Florida would benefit from the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, which he supports. But every number in the ad is wrong, except one, a prediction of job gains taken from a group favoring the trade deal. And even that number is …
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The $32,000 Question

Posted on July 8, 2008 , Updated on July 11, 2008

Summary The McCain campaign claims that Obama voted to raise income taxes on individuals who earn as little as $32,000 per year. That’s wrong. The resolution Obama voted for would not have increased taxes on any single taxpayer making less than $41,500 per year in total income, or any couple …
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Tax Tally Trickery

Posted on July 3, 2008

Summary The McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee both claim that Obama has voted 94 times “for higher taxes.” We find that their count is padded. After looking at every one of the 94 votes that the RNC includes in its tally, we find: Twenty-three were for measures that …
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