Monthly Archives: April 2012

Fall Preview: Obama vs. Romney (and Ryan)

Posted on April 6, 2012

President Obama says Mitt Romney has embraced a budget that could throw hundreds of thousands of children out of Head Start classrooms, eliminate air traffic control services in some places, and “ultimately end Medicare as we know it.” Romney says that’s just “rhetorical excess” and …
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Spotlight On: Charles Bertram

Posted on April 6, 2012

When Charles Bertram received a letter from Mitt Romney asking him for money, the Floridian was amused. Bertram is a Democrat — and has been since the late 1970s. “There was a line in there or something about liberals that just galled me,” the 60-year-old said. Bertram uploaded the letter …
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Romney Fundraising Pitch Skews Stats

Posted on April 6, 2012

In a March fundraising letter to Floridians, Mitt Romney skews economic statistics under President Barack Obama. Among the letter’s claims: Romney says the numbers for unemployment, bankruptcies and foreclosures are “soaring.” That’s simply not true. They all started rising sharply under Bush, continued to rise for a time under Obama, …
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April 6: Oil, Super PACs, Supreme Court

Posted on April 6, 2012
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 27-April 2

Posted on April 5, 2012

This week, readers sent us comments about a dispute over ownership of islands near Russia and Alaska, and the need for more letters in the FactCheck Mailbag. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the email we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for …
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Obama Eats His Words

Posted on April 4, 2012 , Updated on April 5, 2012

President Obama is being forced to modify his absurdly wrong claim that it would be “unprecedented” for the Supreme Court to strike down the new health care law. He made that statement April 2 in a news conference: Obama, April 2: Ultimately, I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not …
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Deja Vu: The Latest Attacks from Santorum

Posted on April 3, 2012

The latest TV spot from Rick Santorum’s campaign recycles a veritable “Best Of” list of misleading claims about Mitt Romney’s record and positions. Regular readers of FactCheck.org may recognize some claims as ones we have tagged as misleading, repeatedly. The ad says Romney’s health care law “included $50 abortions and …
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McConnell Misreads Oil Report

Posted on April 3, 2012

Mitch McConnell incorrectly claimed that oil production is “up 96 percent on state-owned land and private land,” which isn’t close to being true. Production rose 11 percent on those lands in fiscal year 2011, the period to which McConnell alluded. Even over the last five fiscal years, the rise has …
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Santorum’s Exaggerations

Posted on April 2, 2012

Why do politicians often exaggerate, when the truth would serve just as well? Rick Santorum had us asking that question of ourselves again when he made several puffed-up claims on “Fox News Sunday.” Arguing that a come-from-behind win is still possible in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Santorum …
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