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Monthly Archives: November 2010
When Sally Met the Ballot Box
The BBC brings news that some politicians in Spain are huffily calling this get-out-the-vote video "misleading." The video is the work of the Young Socialists in Catalonia. The title translates in English as, "Voting is a pleasure." It depicts a young woman going all "When Harry Met Sally" as she …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Nov. 9-Nov. 15
This week, readers sent us comments about fiscal discipline, Muslim homeland security officials and the separation of church and state. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
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Sunday Replay
Americans are worried about money – the government’s as well as their own – and the Sunday talk shows reflected that concern. We had a few bones to pick with their guests when it came to discussion of earmarks, the housing market and Social Security. And however one defines that …
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Tagged Alan Greenspan, David Axelrod, earmarks, housing market, Kent Conrad, Mark Warner, middle class, Social Security
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Pelosi Pablum on ‘Fiscal Discipline’
In a Nov. 9 opinion piece for USA Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi presented a lengthy list of Democratic accomplishments since assuming control of the House and Senate in January 2007 — including "restoring fiscal discipline to the Congress." That one stopped us. The fact is the federal government ended fiscal …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Nov. 1-Nov. 8
This week, readers sent us praise and comments about Obama’s India trip. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
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Sunday Replay
The first set of Sunday shows since the midterm elections featured a number of Republicans talking about how they’ll exercise their increased power. We’d just like to set the facts straight — on the budget, the health care law, taxes and other subjects. Democrats, too, weren’t immune from making a …
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Tagged David Stockman, discretionary spending, health care law, James Clyburn, medicaid, medicare, Mike Pence, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Rick Perry, small businesses, sunday talk shows
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