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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Hit the Brakes
Posted on September 3, 2008
Summary A new Obama ad targeted to Michigan voters says McCain "refused to support loan guarantees for the auto industry." That was true, but it’s not now – and it wasn’t when this ad was made. Yet the ad doesn’t mention McCain’s changed position on government support for the carmakers. …
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GOP Convention Spin
Posted on September 3, 2008
Summary Joe Lieberman and his former Senate colleague Fred Thompson both made misleading claims about Obama in their prime time GOP convention speeches on Tuesday. We’ve heard two of them before – many times. Lieberman said Obama hadn’t "reached across party lines" to accomplish "anything significant," though Obama has teamed …
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A New Stitch in a Bad Pattern
Posted on September 2, 2008
Summary McCain's new ad puts another stitch in what we've called his pattern of deceit on Obama's tax plan. This one claims Obama and congressional Democrats plan to push forward "painful tax increases on working American families" and that they will bring about "years of deficits," "no balanced budgets" and …
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Obama’s Kenyan Citizenship?
Posted on August 29, 2008 , Corrected on September 3, 2009
Q: Does Barack Obama have Kenyan citizenship? A: No. He held both U.S. and Kenyan citizenship as a child, but lost his Kenyan citizenship automatically on his 23rd birthday.
FactChecking Obama
Posted on August 29, 2008
Summary We checked the accuracy of Obama’s speech accepting the Democratic nomination, and noted the following: Obama said he could “pay for every dime” of his spending and tax cut proposals “by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens.” That’s wrong – his proposed tax increases on upper-income individuals are key …
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Chain E-mail from Billy Graham Team?
Posted on August 27, 2008
Q: Did a Billy Graham team member say Obama should be defeated "to save America"? A: No. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association says a widely quoted anti-Obama screed wasn't written by anyone associated with the organization.
Context Included: Obama on Iran
Posted on August 27, 2008
Summary McCain’s new ad, released on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention, quotes Obama saying that Iran is a "tiny" country that "doesn’t pose a serious threat." It implies that he fails to see Iran’s threat to Israel. The picture changes dramatically when Obama’s full quotes are considered: Obama …
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Obama and the “Christian Nation” Quote
Posted on August 26, 2008
Q: Did Obama say we "are no longer a Christian nation"? A: He said we are no longer "just" a Christian nation, but a nation of many other faiths as well. A chain e-mail drops that key word and thus changes the meaning.
Obama and ‘Infanticide’
Posted on August 25, 2008
Summary Anti-abortion activists accuse Obama of "supporting infanticide," and the National Right to Life Committee says he’s conducted a "four-year effort to cover up his full role in killing legislation to protect born-alive survivors of abortions." Obama says they’re "lying." At issue is Obama’s opposition to Illinois legislation in 2001, …
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Rezko Reality
Posted on August 22, 2008
Summary On the defensive over the extent of multiple McCain homes, the GOP candidate strikes back. But his TV spot gives an oversimplified and misleading account of how Obama bought his own $1.6 million house in Chicago. The ad says Chicago power broker Tony Rezko got "political favors" including …
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