Tag Archives: John McCain

Obama’s Trade Trickery

Posted on September 26, 2008

Summary An Obama-Biden ad ties McCain to the closing of a plant in Pennsylvania. Its assertions are misleading and false: The ad says McCain "sold … out" workers whose factory closed. But there was nothing McCain, or anyone could have done. The factory was making parts for televisions that are …
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McCain: $3 million to study the DNA of bears?

Posted on September 26, 2008

We’ve heard that one before. McCain’s been playing it for laughs since 2003. The study in question was done by the U.S. Geological Survey, and it relied in part on federal appropriations. Readers (and politicians) may disagree on whether a noninvasive study of grizzly bear population and habitat is a …
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The Whoppers of 2008

Posted on September 25, 2008

Summary Normally we post a "Whoppers" compilation the week before Election Day. This time we've already seen such a large number of twisted facts, misleading claims and outright falsehoods that we are doing that now. It's not just Sarah Palin's claim about killing the bridge project that she had supported …
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Credit Where it Isn’t Due

Posted on September 25, 2008

The McCain-Palin campaign is running a series of upbeat ads designed to appeal to workers in three states (Michigan, Ohio, and New Mexico – for some reason the New Mexico ad isn’t on McCain’s YouTube channel, but it sounds pretty much like the Ohio one). Sometimes even upbeat ads need …
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Obama’s Legislative Record

Posted on September 25, 2008

Q: How many times did Obama vote 'present' as a state senator? A:  He did so 129 times, which represents a little more than 3 percent of his total votes.

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Keeping Quiet?

Posted on September 24, 2008

Summary A new McCain-Palin ad says that "McCain and his congressional allies led" on the financial crisis while Obama was "mum." That's simply not true: Obama has in fact made several statements about the crisis on Wall Street in recent days, delivering his most specific remarks on how government regulations …
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Obama’s Connection to Raines

Posted on September 24, 2008

Before the McCain-Palin campaign tried to link Sen. Barack Obama with political heavyweights in Chicago, the campaign claimed that Obama was being advised on the economy by Franklin Raines, former Fannie Mae CEO. In an ad titled “Advice,” the McCain campaign makes the claim that “Obama has no background in …
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‘Born Alive’ Baloney

Posted on September 24, 2008

Summary A anti-abortion group is running an ad featuring a woman who says she survived a failed abortion and that "if Barack Obama had his way, I wouldn't be here." She's wrong. If she'd been born in Illinois, Illinois law would have protected her with or without the "born alive" …
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Biden’s “Patriotic Act”

Posted on September 23, 2008

 A recent McCain-Palin ad titled “Patriotic Act” puts a new twist on some old false claims, then adds a misleading implication, just for good measure. Here’s the ad: We can start with a list of what the ad does get right: Joe Biden did indeed say that paying taxes is …
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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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