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Author Archives: Eugene Kiely
Smearing Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin Senate Race
A false and vicious TV ad attacks Rep. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin for voting against “honoring the victims of 9/11.” The fact is, she voted to award three Congressional Gold Medals to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks in New York City, Virginia and Pennsylvania. So what’s the ad …
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False Claims in Final Debate
In the third and final Obama-Romney debate, the candidates again contradicted each other, while each offered incorrect or twisted factual claims. President Obama erred when he accused Mitt Romney of saying during the 2008 campaign that “we should ask Pakistan …
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Tagged afghanistan, Al Qaeda, auto bailout, Iran, Iraq, Mitt Romney, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, President Obama (42), presidential debate
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Pro-Israel Group Misleads Wisconsin Voters
A Senate candidate says a pro-Israel group is airing a “false” TV ad about her record and urges stations not to run it. The ad does mislead voters in some — but not all — of its claims: The ad says Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin called “terrorists who attacked Israel …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Emergency Committee for Israel, Gaza Strip, Tammy Baldwin, Tommy Thompson
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Will Romney Increase Defense Spending By $2 Trillion?
Paul Ryan insisted in the Oct. 11 debate that Mitt Romney will not increase defense spending. Joe Biden interrupted Ryan twice to say Romney will increase it by $2 trillion. Who’s right? The answer depends on another question: compared with what? Romney would spend $2 trillion more than Obama over …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged defense, Joe Biden, Paul Ryan, vice presidential debate
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Romney’s $4,000 Tax Tale
Mitt Romney falsely claims in a series of TV ads that President Obama “will raise taxes on the middle class by $4,000.” That’s nonsense. The ads cite a conservative group’s study, but even the group itself doesn’t say Obama will raise taxes on middle-income taxpayers. It says his budget could result …
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Romney’s Clean Energy Whoppers
Mitt Romney made numerous bogus claims in the Oct. 3 debate about the $90 billion in grants, guaranteed loans and tax breaks for energy projects in the stimulus bill: Romney falsely claimed “about half” of the clean-energy companies that received U.S.-backed loans “have gone out of business.” But 26 companies …
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