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Misleading Claims in Obama’s First 2012 Spot

Posted on January 20, 2012 , Corrected on January 21, 2012

President Obama’s first 2012 campaign ad misleads on ethics, “clean-energy” jobs and U.S. dependence on oil imports. The spot uses outdated quotes from groups that said his record on ethics is “unprecedented” and that he “kept a promise to toughen ethics rules.” One of those same …
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Friends Lumped with Foes in Foreign Oil Debate

Posted on November 4, 2011

Republican presidential candidates Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman this week both exaggerated the extent to which the U.S. relies on imported oil from countries “hostile” or “unfriendly” to the U.S. Warning about over-reliance on foreign oil from countries that “don’t like us very much” is a bipartisan refrain. And it …
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