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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of May 7-13.
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Author Archives: Joe Miller
Why Only Two Major Parties?
Q: Why are there only two major parties in the U.S.? A: The winner-take-all system in the U.S. favors two stable parties.
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Tagged Democrats, Electoral College, political parties, Republicans, single-member district plurality
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One-Two Punch for GOP
Summary In the final debate before New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary election, five Republican candidates appeared on Fox News. We found no shortage of recycled bunk, and a new twist or two: Huckabee repeated his claim to have made 94 tax cuts including the "first broad-based tax cut" in the history …
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Tagged fred thompson, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Republican debate
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Huckabee’s Attack Ad Runs After All
Summary The ad Huckabee said he decided not to run has now appeared at least three times in Iowa anyway. It accuses Romney of being "dishonest" but shades the facts in the process. Update, Jan. 4: The ad ran at least 10 times on four different stations in Davenport and …
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Holocaust Curriculum Suspended in UK?
Q: Did the U.K. suspend its Holocaust curriculum because it offended Muslim students? A: No, neither the United Kingdom nor the University of Kentucky has suspended teaching the Holocaust.
Not Working 4 Edwards
Summary A new ad sponsored by a labor union PAC in support of Democratic presidential candidate Edwards implies that the closing of an Iowa Maytag factory and the loss of 1,800 jobs are due to "tax breaks to companies that move jobs offshore." And it says Edwards would end such …
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Defining Enemy Combatant
Q: What is an enemy combatant? A: "Enemy combatant" is shorthand for people who are fighting unlawfully. But no one is quite sure exactly what that means.
Romney on Huckabee
Summary An ad by Romney strains the facts in attempting to portray a stark contrast between him and Huckabee. The ad says both Romney and Huckabee are "pro-life," which is true now but glosses over Romney’s recent conversion. The ad says "the difference" between the two is that Romney "vetoed …
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Republicans Debate in Iowa
Summary In the Dec. 12 Republican presidential debate in Des Moines: Arizona Sen. John McCain promised to make the U.S. “oil independent” within five years, a goal experts say can’t be achieved. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney claimed American students score in the bottom quarter among industrial nations, but they …
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Tagged Duncan Hunter, Iowa, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani
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Not Pelosi’s Windfall Tax
Q: Did Pelosi advocate taxing "windfall" stock profits at 100%? A: No. A widely circulated e-mail quoting her is a fraud.
