Author Archives: Justin Bank

Vice President Bill Clinton?

Posted on February 24, 2008 , Corrected on February 29, 2008

Q: Could former President Bill Clinton be vice president? A: Probably not, but it’s an untested constitutional conundrum.

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Clinton-Obama Pillow Fight

Posted on February 22, 2008 , Corrected on February 25, 2008

The most recent Obama-Clinton debate drew little blood, but we noted a few factual claims that could use correcting or clarifying: Clinton wrongly implied that Obama had little or no accomplishments to his credit. Obama recited a list of achievements at both the state and federal level, which we found to be accurate.
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Monday Night Quibbles

Posted on February 12, 2008 , Updated on February 18, 2008

In separate, 30-minute question-and-answer sessions sponsored by The Politico and a Washington, D.C., television station, Obama and Clinton for the most part stuck to the facts – or, often, to statements that were matters of judgment and thus out of our bailiwick. But, our mission being to point out the diminutive distortions as well as the big, fat slabs of baloney, we bring you flubs we found in last night’s non-debate:
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Obama’s Creative Clippings Part Deux

Posted on January 17, 2008 , Corrected on January 17, 2008

Summary The Obama campaign’s new ad uses an old trick and takes quotes from newspapers out of context. Once again, the campaign uses a quote from a news story to say Obama’s health plan would offer universal coverage. But the full article points out that his plan "does not guarantee" …
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Short Ads, Even Shorter on the Facts

Posted on January 16, 2008

Summary Two recent ads by the Edwards campaign are quick and to the point, but they miss the mark. One claims that Edwards is the "only" Democrat who "beats" the leading Republican contenders in "the recent" CNN poll. Actually, Edwards wasn’t even included in the most recent CNN poll; the …
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Obama’s Creative Clippings

Posted on January 3, 2008

Summary Obama's ad touting his health care plan quotes phrases from newspaper articles and an editorial, but makes them sound more laudatory and authoritative than they actually are. It attributes to The Washington Post a line saying Obama's plan would save families about $2,500. But the Post was citing the …
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Huckabee Cut Crime and Taxes?

Posted on January 2, 2008

Summary In the run-up to the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, Huckabee is running a TV ad featuring graphics that claim he was "tough on crime" and "brought Arkansas' crime rate down," and that he "cut taxes over 90 times as governor." In fact, the violent crime rate was higher at …
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Romney on Huckabee II

Posted on December 19, 2007

Summary Romney launched another negative ad in Iowa this week, where the Republican presidential candidate has been battling the new front-runner, Huckabee. This time, Romney attacks Huckabee’s record on methamphetamine laws and the clemencies he granted as governor of Arkansas. We found that: The ad says Romney "got tough on …
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Members of Congress Pay Social Security Taxes

Posted on December 17, 2007

Q: Do members of Congress pay Social Security taxes? A: Yes, ever since 1984.

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Democrats Debate in Iowa

Posted on December 13, 2007

Summary In the final Democratic debate in Iowa, we found: Richardson claimed “enormous progress” in New Mexico education, when in fact the state’s eighth-grade reading scores have slipped and remain among the worst in the U.S. Richardson exaggerated the extent to which his state’s teacher salaries increased. Richardson said one-third …
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