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Author Archives: Robert Farley
Slaloming Through Olympic Facts
With Rick Santorum attacking Mitt Romney for “hypocrisy” regarding his requests for Olympic earmarks, competing claims about taxpayer support for the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics are flying from all sides. But when it comes to presenting the facts, none of them stick the landing. A Romney spokeswoman downplayed Romney’s …
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Establishing Facts
New radio ads boosting Newt Gingrich urge conservatives to reject the GOP “establishment” that nominated Bob Dole and John McCain. But in 1996, Gingrich announced that he had voted for Dole over Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan in Georgia’s Republican primary. And in 2008, he made statements supportive of McCain’s …
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Tagged Bob Dole, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Winning Our Future
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Romney vs. Santorum: A Misleading Contrast
Pro-Romney forces are looking beyond Michigan, hammering Rick Santorum in four other states with a new TV ad making some misleading claims. The ad claims Mitt Romney turned around Massachusetts’ finances without raising taxes, when in fact he raised hundreds of millions in new government “fees” when he was governor. …
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Is Santorum the Biggest (Senate) Loser?
Entrepreneur Donald Trump dismissed the surging candidacy of Rick Santorum by claiming that Santorum lost his Senate seat in 2006 by a wider margin than any incumbent senator in history. He’s wrong. In fact, there have been two dozen incumbent senators who have taken worse beatings than Santorum did in …
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Gingrich’s Plan: Nearly Zero Tax for Romney
Newt Gingrich joked that he ought to rename his proposed 15 percent flat tax the “Mitt Romney Flat Tax,” so “all Americans would pay the rate Mitt Romney paid.” Actually, not all Americans. Under Gingrich’s tax plan, Romney would likely pay closer to zero percent. Although he has not released …
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Facts Strained in ‘King of Bain’
A 28-minute political documentary released this week by a pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC presents a one-sided, often distorted and misleading view of Mitt Romney’s years leading the venture capital firm Bain Capital. Interspersed with appropriately eerie music, the video …
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Tagged Bain Capital, jobs, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Winning Our Future
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