Author Archives: Emi Kolawole

Felons in Elected Office

Posted on November 17, 2008

Q: Can a convicted felon serve in elected office? A: The Constitution allows a convicted felon, such as Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, to be a member of Congress, even if in prison. It’s up to the Senate or House to decide who may serve. As for state offices, different laws …
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Advertising Money: McCain vs. Obama

Posted on November 3, 2008

Q: Who spent more money on advertising, McCain or Obama? A: Overall, Obama has outspent McCain by nearly 3-to-1, but in the closing week it’s been closer to 5-to-1.

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Campaign Buttons in the Voting Booth

Posted on October 31, 2008

Q: Can I wear my campaign button to the voting booth? A: It depends on which state you live in, but the expert advice is to leave the campaign paraphernalia at home.

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A Spam Metamorphosis

Posted on October 28, 2008

We’ve seen a lot of misleading spam this season claiming Sen. Barack Obama is guilty of one or all of the following: He won’t place his hand over his heart for the national anthem. He refuses to wear a flag pin. He replaced the American flag on his campaign plane …
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“Tiny’s” Back…

Posted on October 28, 2008

The McCain-Palin campaign announced today that it will release “its latest television ad” called “Tiny.” But it’s not the campaign’s newest ad – not by a long shot. The ad was announced and aired in August when it was also described as the campaign’s “latest television ad.” In a press …
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‘Unethical?’

Posted on October 27, 2008

Summary An ad released jointly by the McCain-Palin campaign and the RNC claims Obama "rewards his friends with your tax dollars" and calls his actions "unethical." Some of what the ad says is false or misleading. Here are the facts: The ad claims that Obama supporter and Chicago real estate …
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Anne Kilkenny’s Sarah Palin E-Mail

Posted on October 20, 2008

Q:What about that Anne Kilkenny e-mail? A:The facts in the e-mail message about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are mostly correct.

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100 Percent Negative?

Posted on October 18, 2008

Sen. Obama was somewhat misleading when he claimed 100 percent of Sen. McCain ad’s were negative. His claim is backed up only in so far as it regards a single week examined by the Wisconsin Advertising Project of the University of Wisconsin. In an Oct. 8 report, they concluded that, …
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Vets for Freedom Exercise Freedom to Mislead

Posted on October 6, 2008

The right-leaning Vets for Freedom, in an effort to drum up support for a resolution heralding “the strategic success of the troop surge in Iraq,” released this ad Oct. 1 in California. The ad, which criticizes Sen. Barack Obama, represents a $2.2 million buy – the largest statewide airtime purchase …
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Candidates’ Congressional Past

Posted on October 3, 2008

Q: How long have Obama and McCain been in Congress? A: Obama has been in the U.S. Senate since January 2005. McCain joined the House in Jan. 1983 and the Senate four years later. A chain e-mail that purports to show their time in Congress give a bogus comparison.

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