Monthly Archives: October 2008

Making Ends Meet

Posted on October 31, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama has said several times that he has proposed cuts that pay for “every dime” of his spending proposals, a claim we’ve called “misleading.” The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center’s analysis, for one, found that “without substantial cuts in government spending” Obama’s plan – and McCain’s, too – “would …
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The Whoppers of 2008 – The Sequel

Posted on October 31, 2008

We’ve chronicled a lot of misleading, exaggerated and flat-out false claims during this campaign — too many to count. But some rise above the others in their sheer mendaciousness. In our latest article on FactCheck.org, we present a look at the biggest bogus bits of the final five weeks of …
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Obama Soft on Crime?

Posted on October 31, 2008

With a handful of days to go before Election Day, the Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania is going after Sen. Barack Obama with a mailer that claims the presidential nominee has “a record of being soft on crime.” Luckily, our fellow fact-checkers at PolitiFact.com are all over this one. According …
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Reckless Driving

Posted on October 31, 2008

The Obama-Biden campaign has released an ad as part of its “closing argument” to the American people. But we have a few factual objections to raise. The ad is called “Rearview Mirror” and says that if you “wonder where John McCain would take the economy” just “look behind you,” alluding …
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The Whoppers of 2008 — The Sequel

Posted on October 31, 2008

Summary The last five weeks have brought so many ads we feel like we’re drinking from a fire hose – and we’ll bet you’re pretty saturated, too. Since our first "Whoppers of 2008" piece, we’ve seen some of the same themes repeated. McCain’s campaign doesn’t tire of distorting Obama’s tax …
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Campaign Buttons in the Voting Booth

Posted on October 31, 2008

Q: Can I wear my campaign button to the voting booth? A: It depends on which state you live in, but the expert advice is to leave the campaign paraphernalia at home.

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Same Old Claims in Another Language

Posted on October 30, 2008

Summary The presidential campaigns and third-party groups have been bilingual throughout the election, targeting Spanish-speaking voters with some misleading and false ads. Among the recent TV spots: A McCain-Palin ad tries to paint Obama as a "riesgo" (risk), falsely claiming that his health care plan would require small businesses to …
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Sleaze Sells

Posted on October 29, 2008

When we ran an article yesterday calling the first TV spot from The National Republican Trust PAC one of the sleaziest false ads we’ve seen, the group had reported spending just under $1 million. But it seems that the attack, which featured Mohammed Atta, may have helped the upstart group …
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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Making Ends Meet

The Whoppers of 2008 – The Sequel

Obama Soft on Crime?

Reckless Driving

The Whoppers of 2008 — The Sequel

Campaign Buttons in the Voting Booth

Same Old Claims in Another Language

Sleaze Sells

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