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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Guilt and Associations
Posted on September 23, 2008
Summary A McCain-Palin ad says that Obama was "born of the corrupt Chicago political machine" and implies that the candidate himself is corrupt by association with four local political figures. But the ad’s implication and many of its supporting details are false. In fact, this is a particularly egregious example …
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NRA Targets Obama
Posted on September 22, 2008 , Updated on September 29, 2008
Summary A National Rifle Association advertising campaign distorts Obama's position on gun control beyond recognition. The NRA is circulating printed material and running TV ads making unsubstantiated claims that Obama plans to ban use of firearms for home defense, ban possession and manufacture of handguns, close 90 percent of gun …
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Out of Context on Health Care
Posted on September 22, 2008
Summary An Obama-Biden ad falsely claims McCain says he wants to "do the same to our health care" that "Wall Street deregulation" has done to the banking industry. The ad relies on a single phrase from a journal article under McCain's byline, in which he said he would reduce regulation …
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Bridge to Nowhere
Posted on September 22, 2008
Q: What's the full story on the Bridge to Nowhere? A: Palin supported it even after McCain denounced it, then blamed "inaccurate portrayals" when she canceled it for lack of money. Obama and Biden voted for the big transportation bill that contained it. McCain's vote was one of four against. …
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Tagged Barack Obama, bridge to nowhere, John McCain, Sarah Palin
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Obama’s Social Security Whopper
Posted on September 20, 2008 , Updated on September 22, 2008
Summary In Daytona Beach, Obama said that "if my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would’ve had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week." He referred to "elderly women" at risk of poverty, and said families would be scrambling to …
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Sparring in Spanish
Posted on September 19, 2008
Summary An Obama TV ad tells Spanish-speaking viewers that McCain is "friends" with Rush Limbaugh, and quotes the radio host as calling Mexicans "stupid and unqualified" and telling them to "shut up or get out." The ad is doubly misleading. Limbaugh has until recently disparaged McCain repeatedly to his audience. …
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Scaring Seniors
Posted on September 19, 2008 , Updated on September 20, 2008
Summary A new Obama ad characterizes the "Bush-McCain privatization plan" as "cutting Social Security Benefits in half." This is a falsehood sure to frighten seniors who rely on their Social Security checks. In truth, McCain does not propose to cut those checks at all. The ad refers to a Bush …
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There He Goes Again
Posted on September 18, 2008 , Corrected on October 1, 2008
Summary The McCain-Palin campaign has released a new ad that once again distorts Obama’s tax plans. The ad claims Obama will raise taxes on electricity. He hasn’t proposed any such tax. Obama does support a cap-and-trade policy that would raise the costs of electricity, but so does McCain. It falsely …
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Freddie, Fannie and Barack
Posted on September 18, 2008
Update, Sept. 19: Portions of this post were based on incomplete data. We have struck through the incorrect sections. Please see here for our corrected account. We apologize for the inconvenience. In a Sept. 16 stump speech in Vienna, Ohio, Republican presidential nominee John McCain went after Barack Obama, his …
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Tagged Barack Obama, economy, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, John McCain
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Still Off Base on Sex Ed
Posted on September 18, 2008
Several readers have written to us objecting to our story “Off Base on Sex Ed,” which said a McCain ad on sex education was “simply false.” These readers cite a story in the conservative National Review by Byron York headlined, “On Sex-Ed Ad, McCain Is Right.” York is certainly entitled …
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