Author Archives: DAngelo Gore

Obama’s Solyndra Problem

Posted on October 7, 2011

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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American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

Posted on September 18, 2011

Labor union representing 1.6 million employees including health care workers, corrections officers and sanitation workers. Leans Democratic.
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Ending Spending

Posted on September 18, 2011

A fiscally conservative group founded by J. Joe Ricketts, a businessman who also founded Ameritrade.
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Default ‘Danger’ Revisited

Posted on July 28, 2011

President Obama's communications director said we’ve "never" been in danger of defaulting before. That's not true. Congress has come close to failing to raise the debt ceiling before defaulting more than once in recent years, under both Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer …
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Obama’s Untrue Anecdote

Posted on July 14, 2011

President Obama's much-told story about his mother's fight to get cancer coverage was untrue, according to a recently published book. And the White House isn't disputing the author's account. The New York Times reports that Janny Scott, in her biography, “A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother,” …
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The Traveling President

Posted on July 8, 2011

Q: Is President Obama flying on Air Force One more than other presidents did? Is he being accompanied by more people on international trips? A: Two chain e-mails suggesting that the president's travel habits are more excessive than his predecessors are off base.

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Obama’s ‘Bumbles’

Posted on June 17, 2011

Q: Did Obama double the debt and commit every "bumble" he's accused of in a critical chain e-mail? A: No. The debt hasn't doubled, and of the 24 claims only six are true. We found another seven to be partly true, and the rest to be false, misleading or exaggerated.

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Energy Efficient Bulb Costs

Posted on May 26, 2011

Q: Will energy efficient light bulbs cost $50 each next year? A: Some light emitting diode bulbs may cost that much, but some halogen incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescent bulbs go for about $1.50 to $3 each.

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Sen. Barrasso’s Medicare Mistake

Posted on May 4, 2011

Sen. John Barrasso mistakenly claimed that "57 percent of doctors don’t want new Medicare patients," which isn’t true. His own spokeswoman admits he got it wrong. National surveys have put the number who don’t take new Medicare patients as low as 14 percent, and a big American Medical Association survey …
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Ryan’s Muddy Medicare Claims

Posted on April 19, 2011

Rep. Paul Ryan’s claim that Medicare will be "bankrupt in nine years" goes too far. The trust fund that primarily supports one part of Medicare is projected to be exhausted come 2020, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees said it might not …
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