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FactCheck Mailbag
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
See letters from previous weeks“ Criticizing the Democrats for citing the only available study on gun purchases for its age seems wide of the target. ” -
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2012 Players Guide
Overspiced Louisiana Gumbo
Summary The Louisiana Democratic Party is serving up a hard-to-stomach mix of exaggeration, mischaracterization and falsehood against Republican candidate Bobby Jindal, who’s running for governor in a contest that could be decided in October. We found these items floating in the stew: One ad falsely claims Jindal "supported raising the …
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Clinton Wrong on Cancer Stat
Summary Sen. Hillary Clinton used the wrong statistic in talking about cervical cancer today. She said that 500,000 women die from the disease worldwide each year. Actually, 250,000 do. Analysis The Lance Armstrong Foundation hosted a presidential forum on cancer issues for the Democratic candidates Aug. 27 in Cedar Rapids, …
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Richardson’s Job Boast
Summary Democratic presidential contender Bill Richardson boasts of creating 80,000 jobs since becoming governor of New Mexico. Not yet, he hasn’t. The state has gained fewer than 76,000 payroll jobs since he took office, and official figures showed a mere 68,100 gain when he first started making his inflated boast …
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The Immigration Showdown
Summary In recent weeks, Republican presidential candidates Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney have sparred over their immigration records and policies. We find some problems with what both of them have been saying. Giuliani released a radio ad in which he says of persons applying for citizenship, "we should make certain …
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What is a Civil Union?
Summary When politicians say they support civil unions but not marriage for people of the same sex, what do they mean? We find three main differences between civil unions and marriage as it’s traditionally viewed: The right to federal benefits. States that allow some type of same-sex union are able …
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Sunday Morning Missteps
Summary The Republican presidential candidates debated – and sounded some more false notes: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney falsely claimed U.S. job growth had been nearly 17 times faster than Europe’s. Actually, European Union employment grew faster than that of the U.S. last year. Romney’s source for the information told …
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Tagged John McCain, Mitt Romney, Presidential Election 2008, Republican presidential primary, Rudy Giuliani, Tom Tancredo
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Unspinning the FairTax
Summary In our recent article on the second GOP debate, we called out Gov. Mike Huckabee as well as Reps. Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter for their support of the FairTax. We wrote that the bipartisan Advisory Panel on Tax Reform had “calculated that a sales tax would have to …
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Counter-rotating Tax Spin
Summary The Democrats’ proposed 2008 budget is being spun by both sides. Democrats claim it will not raise taxes by even a penny, while Republicans say it will impose the largest or second-largest tax increase in history. Obviously, the budget can’t be the largest tax increase in history and zero …
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GOP Candidates Debate, Round 2
Summary Claims, facts and figures flew at the second GOP presidential debate of 2008. Not all were true. For example: Mitt Romney claimed he didn’t raise taxes when he was governor of Massachusetts, failing to note that he increased government fees by hundreds of millions of dollars and shifted some …
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Tagged adoption, Duncan Hunter, FairTax, global warming, GOP debate, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, taxes, Tom Tancredo, Tommy Thompson
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