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Tag Archives: David Vitter
‘Bailout’ Baloney
Posted on July 2, 2010
This campaign season, “bailout” is a dirty — and often misused — word. It’s no longer being used just in reference to Wall Street banks and the rescue of the financial industry. Candidates, corporations and special interest groups increasingly use “bailout” even when no government financial assistance is being proposed. …
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Tagged Bailouts, Barack Obama, David Vitter, FedEx, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, Robert Menendez, UPS
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Phony “Big Oil Bailout” Claims
Posted on May 28, 2010
In a highly competitive race for an open U.S. Senate seat in Missouri, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan accuses Republican Rep. Roy Blunt of supporting a "Big Oil bailout" and sticking the taxpayers with the cleanup costs. We find the charges to be false. In two similar videos in a …
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Tagged Barack Obama, David Vitter, Jeff Sessions, Lisa Murkowski, oil spill, Robert Menendez, Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt
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