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2012 Players Guide
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Americans for Prosperity
A conservative group founded by billionaire businessman and political activist David Koch.
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Posted in Players Guide 2012
Tagged Americans for Prosperity, David Koch, Players Guide
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Change in Military Funeral Protocol?
Q: Did Obama order the military to drop the words “on behalf of the president of the United States” when presenting the flag to the next of kin at funerals? A: A chain email that makes that claim is wrong. Spokespersons for the Defense Department and the armed forces say …
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Obama’s Solyndra Problem
President Obama exaggerated when defending his administration’s approval of a $535 million loan guarantee to Solyndra, a now-defunct solar company. Obama referred to Solyndra’s loan at an Oct. 6 press conference as “a loan guarantee program that predates me.” That’s not accurate. It’s true that the Energy Policy Act of …
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Tagged clean-energy innovation, President Obama, Solyndra, stimulus
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Clearing the Air on Perry’s Record
Texas Gov. Rick Perry cites partly cloudy statistics to back up his boast that Texas is doing just fine cleaning its air on its own — without the EPA. Perry boasts that “we cleaned up our air in Texas more than any other state, during the decade of the 2000s.” …
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Make Us Great Again
Make Us Great Again is a “super PAC” supporting Rick Perry’s presidential bid.
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Posted in Players Guide 2012
Tagged Make Us Great Again, Mike Toomey, Players Guide, Rick Perry
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Obama No ‘Different’ Today on Taxes
An American Crossroads TV ad claims Obama’s position on taxes is “different” than it was in 2009. It isn’t. The conservative group began airing a new TV ad in St. Louis on Oct. 3 in advance of the president’s fundraising trip to Missouri. The ad, titled “Don’t,” urges Obama not …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Sept. 27-Oct. 3
This week, readers sent us comments about the special election for governor in West Virginia and a suggestion for a new FactCheck.org feature. 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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West Virginia’s Bitter End
Democrats and Republicans alike are misleading voters to the bitter end in West Virginia’s special election for governor. A Republican TV ad says Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin “voted to raise taxes on job creators.” But the “job creators” supported the measure in question, which shored up the state’s unemployment …
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