The mid-term elections of 2006 brought an unprecedented barrage of advertising containing much that is false or misleading.
Issues: Iraq war
False Claims About Body Armor
A new ad claims Republican Sen. George Allen of Virginia “voted against giving our troops” modern body armor. He did no such thing.
A Misleading Appeal To Fear
The pro-Bush group Progress for America is running a TV ad appealing directly to Americans’ fear of terrorists, saying bluntly “These people want to kill us.”
MoveOn.org: Caught Red-Handed Applying A Double Standard
MoveOn.org attacks 3 Republicans for voting for military spending bills, but endorses Democrats who voted the same way.
Misquoting Lincoln
Bush supporters falsely quote Lincoln as advocating arresting, exiling or hanging members of Congress who damage military morale in wartime.
Voting Record Tug-of-War in Montana
Montana Democrats and Sen. Burns contradict each other. Both are right, up to a point.
Misstatement of the Union
The President burnishes the State of the Union through selective facts and strategic omissions.
Polling in Iraq: Who’s Right?
Bush says 70 per cent of Iraqis see their lives going well, but MoveOn.org says most Iraqis want US troops out. Both sides are right, up to a point.
A Tortured History
President Bush has declared repeatedly, “we do not torture.” But claims of prisoner abuse continue to surface, Amnesty International has declared the US detention center in Cuba to be “a gulag,” and the administration has yet to deny a news report that it holds scores of suspects in secret CIA prisons overseas.
RNC Web Ad: Are Democrats Waving White Flag In Iraq?
Controversial ad implies Dean, Boxer & Kerry advocate “retreat and defeat.” We supply background.