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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
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2012 Players Guide
Author Archives: Brooks Jackson
Congressional Black Caucus for Blacks Only?
Q: Is the Congressional Black Caucus racially exclusive? A: Yes. It has never had a white member in its 36-year history. However, its stated mission is to work for "America’s neglected citizens," whatever their color.
Simi Valley Showdown
Summary With a nationwide wave of nominating contests looming next week, Republican presidential candidates held their last scheduled debate against the backdrop of Ronald Reagan’s retired Air Force One. But we found some of the candidates' facts just won’t fly. Romney complained that McCain used "the wrong data" about job …
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Tagged GOP debate, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul
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Facts of the Union 2008
Summary Bush pretty much stuck to the facts in his final State of the Union address. But he chose his facts carefully and didn't always tell the whole story. He correctly noted that the number of jobs has grown steadily for a record 52 straight months. But the number of …
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The Florida Recount of 2000
Q: When the votes were recounted in Florida, who won the 2000 presidential election? A: Nobody can say for sure who might have won. A full, official recount of all votes statewide could have gone either way, but one was never conducted.
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Tagged 2000 presidential election, Al Gore, George W. Bush, recount
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U.S. Intelligence on WMDs in Iraq
Q: What was known to U.S. intelligence and Congress about WMDs in Iraq before the vote to go to war? A: Senior U.S. intelligence officials believed, incorrectly, that Iraq had stockpiles of chemical and germ weapons and was developing nuclear weapons. They also agreed Saddam Hussein wouldn’t give such weapons …
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Tagged Congress, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, weapons of mass destruction, WMD
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McCain’s Misleading Mailer
Summary McCain is sending out a postcard mailing in South Carolina that is misleading on more than one point. It says that "Romney provided taxpayer-funded abortions," a distortion. Romney’s Massachusetts health-care plan faced a court order requiring abortions to be covered. It says Romney "refused to endorse Bush Tax Cut …
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Myrtle Beach Blarney
Summary Another debate, another round of fact-checking. The GOP meeting in South Carolina was the third for Republican candidates in a week, but they haven’t run out of exaggerations or misstatements: Romney claimed Massachusetts gained jobs "every single month" he was governor after hitting a low point. In fact the …
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Tagged fred thompson, GOP debate, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani
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More Money Doesn’t Guarantee Nomination
Q: Does the person with the most money ALWAYS win the presidential nomination? A: No. The biggest money-raisers are beaten fairly regularly. Just ask Howard Dean.
Giuliani Visits Mistress
Q: Did Giuliani break the law using city funds while visiting his mistress? A: No. Reporters who broke the story didn’t suggest he acted illegally.
