Tag Archives: Bill Halter

Halter Questioned On Misleading TV Ad

Posted on June 8, 2010

In an MSNBC interview today — the day of the June 8 Democratic primary runoff in Arkansas — Lt. Gov. Bill Halter was questioned about a TV ad that we here at FactCheck.org said made misleading claims about Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s position on Social Security cuts. MSNBC reporter Andrea Mitchell, who …
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Sunday Replay

Posted on June 7, 2010

This Sunday’s round of political talk shows left a few misimpressions, among them the notion that nothing like the BP blowout had happened before. We clear up the confusion. Barbour on Blowouts Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told "Fox News Sunday" viewers that the BP oil spill is the first time …
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Halter’s Ad: Misleading Senior Voters

Posted on June 4, 2010

In the final week of Arkansas’ June 8 runoff campaign for the Democratic Senate nomination, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter is running a misleading ad against Sen. Blanche Lincoln that accuses her of "cutting Social Security" and threatening to cut Medicare and Social Security in the future. For sure, there are …
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Labor, More So Than Lincoln, Saved Arkansas Jobs

Posted on May 6, 2010

In the Arkansas Democratic Senate primary, an ad from Sen. Blanche Lincoln claims that "she saved 1,700 Cooper Tire employees from losing their jobs to Chinese imports." But a labor union supporting her more liberal opponent countered with an ad in which a Cooper Tire worker says: "We saved our …
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Tussling Over TARP

Posted on April 15, 2010

A recent TV ad from Arkansas Lt. Governor Bill Halter claims that Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln "says she voted against bailing out Wall Street." That’s not what Lincoln said. The two are campaigning in the Democratic primary for the Senate. Halter’s ad refers to a Lincoln campaign ad from March in …
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