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Tag Archives: Haley Barbour
Haley Barbour’s ‘Amnesia’
Posted on October 4, 2011
Haley Barbour accused a fellow governor of “amnesia,” claiming he was forgetting “the fact that Obama had the biggest Democratic majorities in Congress since Lyndon Johnson.” But it was actually Republican Barbour who was having a memory lapse. He forgot about the Democrats’ massive victories following Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal. …
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GOP Exaggerations in Iowa
Posted on March 31, 2011
Several Republicans testing the presidential waters in Iowa made more than a few statements that we found all wet. Among the dubious claims …
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Tagged Barack Obama, Haley Barbour, Michele Bachmann, Nancy Pelosi, oil drilling, Steve King
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Is Obama to Blame for $4 Gasoline?
Posted on March 24, 2011
Conflicting, false and misleading statements on oil production and gasoline prices have become the currency of politicians lately, as oil tops $100 per barrel and gasoline hovers near $4 per gallon. Among some of the claims that got our attention …
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Tagged Barack Obama, gas prices, Haley Barbour, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, moratorium, oil drilling, oil imports, Sarah Palin
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Barbour Inflates Obama’s Job Losses
Posted on March 15, 2011
Haley Barbour grossly exaggerated the nation’s job losses under President Barack Obama in a March 14 speech in Chicago. Speaking to the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, the Republican governor of Mississippi urged his audience to look at the Obama administration’s record "in the last two years" on spending and job …
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FactChecking Republicans at CPAC
Posted on February 14, 2011 , Corrected on February 15, 2011
Republicans at the Conservative Political Action Conference this past weekend strayed at times from the facts, although for the most part, they stuck to expressing their low opinions of the current administration and its policies. …
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Tagged Barack Obama, Elena Kagan, Haley Barbour, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rand Paul, Tom Coburn
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American Action Network
Posted on August 10, 2010
Founded by a former Republican senator and a former GOP House aide. Leans GOP/Right-center.
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Tagged American Action Network, Cash Attack, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Ed Gillespie, Fred Malek, Haley Barbour, Jeb Bush, Kenneth Langone
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Oil Spill Whoppers
Posted on July 2, 2010 , Corrected on July 7, 2010
The April 20 explosion that started oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico has prompted a slew of claims and counterclaims about the disaster. What caused it, how it’s being handled, the history of drilling accidents in the area – all are subjects ripe for false or misleading statements by politicians and others. …
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Tagged Add new tag, Bailout, blowout, BP, Charles Djou, Haley Barbour, Jones Act, oil spill, President Barack Obama, Rand Paul, Sarah Palin, whoppers
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Sunday Replay
Posted on June 14, 2010
Once again, the Sunday talk shows produced more than a few misstatements. Among the topics of misinformation: The Gulf of Mexico oil spill, border security, the popularity of the Republican Party, and U.N. sanctions against Iran. Here’s what we found. Oil Industry Official or Bureaucrat? Carly Fiorina, the Republican nominee for …
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Tagged Carly Fiorina, David Axelrod, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Haley Barbour, oil spill, Susan Rice
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Oil Spill, Carly Fiorina and Chris Dodd
Posted on June 11, 2010
In episode 15 of FactCheck Radio, we look at misleading statements about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a phony quote attributed to Sen. Chris Dodd, and Carly Fiorina’s charge that Barbara Boxer cares more about the weather than terrorism. And we answer the all-important question: Was that …
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Tagged Carly Fiorina, Chris Dodd, Haley Barbour, oil spill, podcast, Thad Allen, Whoomp
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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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Tagged Bill Halter, Deepwater Horizon, Haley Barbour, oil spill, sunday morning talk shows, Thad Allen
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