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Tag Archives: Crossroads GPS
Fiscal Cliff Air Wars
The presidential election ended last month, but the partisan air wars continue with competing fiscal cliff ads from the conservative Crossroads GPS and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Most of what is in the ads falls into the realm of opinion, but we found a couple points to quibble with …
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Crossroads Colors Kaine’s Cuts
Two ads from Crossroads GPS paint incomplete and misleading pictures of Tim Kaine’s support for cutting education and defense spending. One ad says that “when Tim Kaine proposed harsh funding cuts for Virginia schools, one Democrat called it ‘a kick in the teeth.’ ” It’s true that the top official …
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Tagged Crossroads GPS, defense, education, Tim Kaine, Virginia
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Crossroads Changes Plane False Attack
After yanking an ad with a false claim off the air in North Dakota, Crossroads GPS is back with an amended version that is technically accurate, but still grossly misleading. The original ad claimed that Democratic Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp “spent taxpayer dollars on private planes” while she was the …
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‘Obama’s Promise,’ Part II
And now, the rest of the story on that misleading “Obama’s Promise” ad from Crossroads GPS. Besides the almost totally false claim that we covered earlier, the ad also: Claims the president broke a promise to help homeowners facing foreclosure, when in fact 5.9 million have received assistance. Gives a …
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A Bogus Tax Attack Against Obama
The latest multimillion-dollar attack ad from Crossroads GPS claims President Obama broke a promise to not increase taxes for families making less than $250,000 a year. That’s almost entirely false. The truth is that Obama repeatedly cut taxes for such families, first through a tax credit in effect for 2009 …
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Tagged Crossroads GPS, False advertising, health care, President Obama, taxes
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Wind Spin
The wind-power lobby is spinning the facts in a $1.4-million TV ad campaign aimed at extending a lucrative tax break worth billions to the industry. Its ads claim that Congress is “threatening new taxes” targeting wind power, which isn’t true. No “new taxes” are envisioned. Instead, Congress is …
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Tagged American Wind Energy Association, Crossroads GPS, Lobby Watch, wind energy
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Crossroads GPS Twists Facts in Senate Ads
Crossroads GPS distorts the facts in TV ads that attack two Democratic Senate candidates for their roles in the Wall Street bailout and the federal health care law: The well-heeled conservative group says Elizabeth Warren was appointed to oversee how tax dollars were spent for bank bailouts …
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The Fall TV Season’s Senate Air Wars
The November elections are still nearly a year away, but the TV air wars over Senate seats have officially begun in earnest. The balance of power is up for grabs, and outside groups are pouring millions into ads attacking candidates in key Senate races. The biggest plays have come from Crossroads GPS …
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Tagged Ben Nelson, Crossroads GPS, Elizabeth Warren, Jon Tester, league of conservation voters, Scott Brown, Tim Kaine
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