Bush falsely claims Kerry voted repeatedly to raise premiums. Kerry’s spot blaming Bush alone for the latest increase isn’t much better.
Person: George W. Bush
A False Ad About Assault Weapons
A new MoveOn PAC ad implies machine guns are becoming legal, which isn’t true. And it blames Bush, even though Bush said he would have extended the ban on assault weapons.
Democratic Group’s Ad Revives “AWOL” Allegation Against Bush
“Texans for Truth” group features another Alabama Guardsman who doesn’t recall seeing Bush in 1972.
Bush Still Fudging the Numbers on Kerry’s Tax Votes
The Bush-Cheney campaign released a television ad August 23 accusing Kerry of casting “98 votes for tax increases.” The number is an improvement on Bush’s earlier claim that Kerry cast 350 votes for “higher taxes,” which we described as inflated. But even the new, reduced total is padded.
DNC Radio Ad on Terrorism: Accurate (Mostly)
Democratic ad reminds voters: Bush opposed creating the Homeland Security department before he supported it.
Yucca Mountain Mudslide: Both Sides Dissemble on Nuclear Waste Dump in Nevada
MoveOn.org Voter Fund falsely attacks Bush, who comes back with a misleading ad about Kerry.
DNC Ad Says Bush Lost Manufacturing Jobs
The Democratic National Committee released an ad Aug. 6 saying 2.7 million manufacturing jobs had been lost under Bush. That’s true, but ignores the fact that manufacturing jobs started their decline three years before Bush took office.
Media Fund Ad Misquotes Bush
An ad released by the Media Fund is targeted to Ohio, featuring Ohio residents criticizing the President for loss of jobs overseas. In it, one of them says, “When President Bush says he’s going to help companies outsource jobs, it’s infuriating.” Bush didn’t say that.
Bush’s “16 Words” on Iraq & Uranium: He May Have Been Wrong But He Wasn’t Lying
Summary
The famous “16 words” in President Bush’s Jan. 28, 2003 State of the Union address turn out to have a basis in fact after all, according to two recently released investigations in the US and Britain.
Bush said then, “The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.” Some of his critics called that a lie, but the new evidence shows Bush had reason to say what he did.
Bush Ad Faults Kerry’s “Family Priorities”
It highlights stark differences between the two on teenage abortions and morning-after birth control pills in schools.