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Tax Cuts, Medicare and Florida Democrats

Posted on August 6, 2010

In episode 23 of FactCheck Radio, we debunk a Republican talking point on the Bush tax cuts being spread by Sarah Palin and former Sen. Fred Thompson. Plus, we examine actor Andy Griffith’s misleading ad for Medicare, and false charges in the Democratic Senate primary in Florida. [podcast]http://factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episode23.mp3[/podcast] For more …
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Thompson Wrong on Tax Cuts, Too

Posted on August 5, 2010

First, it was Sarah Palin. Now, it’s former Sen. Fred Thompson. They’re both touting a highly misleading Republican talking point on the expiration of the Bush tax cuts. Thompson, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, warns in a new ad sponsored by the conservative League of American …
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The ‘Real’ Uninsured

Posted on June 24, 2009

Former Sen. Fred Thompson said on “Meet the Press” that “the 45 million … figure of uninsured is probably about twice the real number of people who can’t afford insurance or don’t have access to it really.” He’s not the only one saying that the number is inflated. We find …
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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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Myrtle Beach Blarney

Posted on January 11, 2008

Summary Another debate, another round of fact-checking. The GOP meeting in South Carolina was the third for Republican candidates in a week, but they haven’t run out of exaggerations or misstatements: Romney claimed Massachusetts gained jobs "every single month" he was governor after hitting a low point. In fact the …
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One-Two Punch for GOP

Posted on January 7, 2008 , Corrected on January 8, 2008

Summary In the final debate before New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary election, five Republican candidates appeared on Fox News. We found no shortage of recycled bunk, and a new twist or two: Huckabee repeated his claim to have made 94 tax cuts including the "first broad-based tax cut" in the history …
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