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Tag Archives: John McCain
Distorting the DHL Deal
Posted on August 15, 2008
Summary Ads from the AFL-CIO and the Obama campaign claim that McCain is partly to blame for the loss of more than 8,000 jobs in Ohio. They paint a false picture. There's at least some truth in both ads: German-based DHL announced a deal that could result in 8,200 lost …
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The Truth About Tire Pressure
Posted on August 14, 2008
Summary We are issuing a split decision in the Obama vs. McCain dispute over whether proper tire inflation could save as much oil as expanded offshore drilling is likely to produce. We find that proper tire inflation could save more than a billion gallons of fuel per year and …
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Waste Worries
Posted on August 14, 2008
Summary An Obama ad running in Nevada accuses McCain of favoring storage of waste from nuclear power plants at Yucca Mountain, which is the government plan, while not wanting the waste shipped through his home state of Arizona. The ad uses a clip of a 2007 interview of McCain, in …
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Not Pictured Here
Posted on August 12, 2008
Summary An Obama ad features video of McCain walking toward the camera with a group of people in power suits, as the narrator says, "the lobbyists, running his low road campaign." None of the people pictured are lobbyists, however. The ad also repeats a misleading claim that McCain favors …
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Tagged 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, campaign contributions, John McCain, lobbyists
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More Tax Deceptions
Posted on August 8, 2008 , Updated on August 12, 2008
Summary McCain released three new ads with multiple false and misleading claims about Obama's tax proposals. A TV spot claims Obama once voted for a tax increase "on people making just $42,000 a year." That's true for a single taxpayer, who would have seen a tax increase of $15 for …
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Wind Power Puffery
Posted on August 8, 2008
Summary A McCain ad shows pictures of wind-driven turbines while the narrator says: "Renewable energy to transform our economy, create jobs and energy independence, that's John McCain." But, in fact, his energy plan doesn't specify any new federal spending for renewable energy and says only that he'd "rationalize" existing tax …
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Obama’s Overstatement
Posted on August 4, 2008 , Updated on August 6, 2008
Summary Obama released a TV spot saying McCain’s campaign got $2 million from "Big Oil" while McCain proposed "another $4 billion in tax breaks" for the industry. The truth is that McCain’s campaign has received $1.33 million from individuals employed in the oil and gas industry, not $2 million. Obama …
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Tagged Barack Obama, campaign donations, campaign finance, John McCain, oil companies
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Idealistic on Energy
Posted on July 31, 2008
Summary Obama’s ad responding to McCain’s latest attacks on him includes the claim that his energy plan will "break the grip of foreign oil." We’re not sure what "break the grip" translates into in terms of cuts in U.S. oil imports, but we’re sure that Obama’s proposals don’t guarantee it. …
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Obama’s Celebrity Cred
Posted on July 30, 2008 , Updated on July 31, 2008
Summary McCain's new ad claims that Obama "says he'll raise taxes on electricity." That's false. Obama says no such thing. McCain relies on a single quote from Obama who once – and only once so far as we can find – suggested taxing "dirty energy," including coal and natural gas. That …
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McCain Links Castro With Obama
Posted on July 28, 2008
Summary The McCain campaign has been running an under-the-radar Web ad that shows photos of Fidel Castro and Barack Obama, and says, "Fidel Castro thinks he is ‘the most advanced candidate.’ " In fact, the quote comes from an article by Castro that was largely critical of Obama. Castro also …
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