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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Obama’s ‘Sealed’ Records
Posted on July 31, 2012
Q: Are Obama’s early records “sealed”? A: No. Many records that presidential candidates don’t ordinarily release do remain confidential, but they are not “sealed” by a court. The 16 claims in a widely distributed graphic are mostly false or distorted.
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Bain: Still ‘No Evidence’
Posted on July 25, 2012 , Updated on July 26, 2012
The Obama campaign says a new Associated Press story backs up its claims that Mitt Romney “did not leave [Bain Capital] when he says he did,” and that he’s responsible for “American jobs that were outsourced” by Bain-controlled companies after February 1999. We don’t think so. Some impressive reporting by …
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‘You Didn’t Build That,’ Uncut and Unedited
Posted on July 23, 2012 , Updated on July 24, 2012
Mitt Romney and his allies have attacked President Barack Obama — often out of context — for saying, “If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” American Crossroads posted a 60-second Web video called “Build” that shows small-business owners reacting to Obama’s “you …
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Whoppers of 2012, Early Edition
Posted on July 20, 2012
Thomas Hobbes’ oft-cited phrase from 1651, “nasty, brutish and short,” does not describe the 2012 presidential campaign — unfortunately. The contest so far has been nasty all right, and disregard for the truth has been brutish on both sides, in our judgment. But alas, it won’t be over until Nov …
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If You Like Your Plan …
Posted on July 18, 2012
After the Supreme Court’s ruling on the federal health care law, President Obama repeated his claim that for Americans “who already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance.” But Obama can’t make that promise for everyone. At least a few million workers won’t keep their current plans. Read …
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Twisting Romney’s Abortion Stance
Posted on July 9, 2012
An Obama campaign ad twists Mitt Romney’s stance on abortion, claiming Romney “backed a law that outlaws all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest.” During a 2007 debate, Romney was asked if he would sign legislation to ban “all abortion” — assuming, hypothetically, that Roe v. Wade had …
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Obama’s ‘Outsourcer’ Overreach
Posted on June 29, 2012 , Updated on July 2, 2012
Obama accuses Romney in a series of TV ads of being a “corporate raider” who “shipped jobs to China and Mexico,” asking if voters want to elect an “outsourcer in chief.” But some of the claims in the ads are untrue, and others are thinly supported. Bain Capital, the …
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Romney, Obama Uphold Health Care Falsehoods
Posted on June 28, 2012
With the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act on June 28, voters are guaranteed to continue hearing the same old false claims about the law from politicians. And President Barack Obama and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney wasted little time …
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Stretching on Romney’s Fees
Posted on June 22, 2012
An ad from the Obama campaign exaggerates the truth about fees and tax hikes imposed by Mitt Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts. It lists numerous fees hiked by Romney, but we found that a number of them are misleading — seeming to be more far-reaching and broad than …
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Tagged Barack Obama, Fees, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, taxes
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Obama’s 77-Cent Exaggeration
Posted on June 22, 2012
A TV spot from the president’s reelection committee says women are “paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men.” That’s not true. The ad falsely states that the pay gap is for doing “the same work.” It also implies that discrimination by employers is responsible …
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