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Romney Hijacks Credibility

Posted on August 10, 2012 , Updated on August 13, 2012

A new Mitt Romney campaign ad passes off opinions of a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush as though they were from a newspaper’s reporters or editors. It’s a political trick used by both sides: hijacking a news organization’s credibility. In this example, the Romney ad attacks President Obama’s …
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College Kills Faith?

Posted on February 27, 2012

Rick Santorum is off base when he criticizes college as a place where young people lose their “faith commitment.” In fact, the percentage of those with weakened religious affiliations is higher for those who don’t go to college. Santorum also twists Obama’s words when he accuses him of snobbery for …
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Santorum’s Twisted Take on JFK & Religion

Posted on February 27, 2012

Rick Santorum misrepresented what John F. Kennedy said in 1960 about church-state separation. According to Santorum, Kennedy said that religious people could “have no role in the public square” and “should not be permitted . . . to influence public policy.” But Kennedy didn’t say those things. He said he …
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New Army Policy Against “Faith-Based” Events?

Posted on June 10, 2009

Q: Did Obama issue a policy that “no U.S. serviceman can speak at any faith-based public event”? A: This claim in a chain e-mail is false. Army officials say there has been no change in policy regarding “faith-based” events. And the event the e-mail refers to wasn’t a “faith-based” one.

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Obama and the “Christian Nation” Quote

Posted on August 26, 2008

Q: Did Obama say we "are no longer a Christian nation"? A: He said we are no longer "just" a Christian nation, but a nation of many other faiths as well. A chain e-mail drops that key word and thus changes the meaning.

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