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Author Archives: Eugene Kiely
NRCC’s Dim Ad on Bobby Bright
In a strained attempt to portray Democratic Rep. Bobby Bright of Alabama as a puppet of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the National Republican Congressional Committee makes an interesting claim: "Bobby Bright voted with Nancy Pelosi over 70 percent of the time." That’s entirely true, but context is everything: Bright’s low score ranks …
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Bush Years Revisited in Ohio Senate Race
In the Ohio Senate race, Democrat Lee Fisher’s first TV ad of the fall campaign misrepresents Republican Rob Portman’s years in the Bush administration: The ad is wrong when it says Portman, as President George W. Bush’s "trade czar," was responsible for "sending 100,000 Ohio jobs overseas." The 100,000 lost jobs …
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AFSCME’s Big, Brazen Attack
The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees is spending more than $1.5 million on ads that attack Republican congressional candidates in Michigan and Nevada. The big ad buy from the labor union also comes with some grandiose …
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Tagged AFSCME, cervical cancer, Joe Heck, privatization, Social Security, taxes, Tim Walberg
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Sunday Replay
On this week’s Sunday talk shows, we caught the education secretary making a greatly inflated claim about high-school dropouts. Plus, Florida lawmakers made exaggerated statements on tax cuts and support of environmental bills. Too Cool for School On ABC’s "This Week," Secretary of Education Arne Duncan greatly exaggerated the number …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Arne Duncan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, dropout rate, Kendrick Meek, sunday talk shows, taxes
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Reid, Angle Trade Familiar Charges
In Nevada’s Senate race, Republican Sharron Angle and Democrat Harry Reid began airing new commercials Aug. 26. Angle’s attack ad pictures Reid in a "love triangle" with President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and repeats some familiar but misleading claims. Like Angle’s, Reid’s ad covers familiar ground. All …
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Tagged abortion, Harry Reid, medicare, Second Amendment, Sharron Angle, Social Security, stimulus package, unemployment, Wall Street
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A Bitter Battle in the Bayou
The primary in Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District has turned exceptionally nasty in the final days, with the top two Republicans airing harsh attack ads against each other that contain false and misleading claims. Most notably, former state House …
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Tagged Bobby Jindal, George W. Bush, Hunt Downer, Jeff Landry, Kathleen Blanco
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Sunday Replay
This week’s look at the Sunday talk shows features former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — who was found guilty Aug. 17 of making false statements to the FBI. He appeared on "Fox News Sunday" to discuss his trial. Did Blagojevich make any false statements to Fox host Chris Wallace? In …
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Outside Ads Mislead in California
In the race for California governor, outside groups supporting Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown are airing new TV ads that mislead voters. An independent group financed by labor unions distorts Whitman’s record as president and chief …
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Tagged California Working Families for Jerry Brown, Cash Attack, eBay, Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman, Small Business Action Committee
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DSCC Wrong on Toomey’s Wall St. Experience
A Democratic Party ad says Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania was a "Wall Street wheeler dealer" trading in financial products that "wound up nearly destroying our economy." We find that to be false. The ad also falsely claims that Toomey "wrote the law" that it blames for weakening …
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