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Tag Archives: Lee Fisher
Super PAC Ads, Grayson’s Attack and the Stimulus
In episode 31 of our podcast, we look at ads from a conservative "super PAC," a low blow from Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida and false claims that the stimulus failed to create jobs. [podcast]http://podcast.factcheck.org/FactCheckRadio_episode31.mp3[/podcast] For more on the stories discussed in this episode, see: Crossroads Jam-Up Oct. 1 …
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Tagged Alan Grayson, American Crossroads, jobs, Lee Fisher, Paul Hodes, podcast, stimulus
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Crossroads Jam-Up
The latest ads from the American Crossroads “super PAC” attack Democrats running for Senate seats in Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Nevada, Missouri and New Hampshire. The ads contain a number of misleading and false claims. …
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Tagged 2010 midterm elections, Alexi Giannoulias, American Progress, American Reconstruction and Recovery Act, arra, Citizens United, Harry Reid, health care, Lee Fisher, Michael Bennet, Paul Hodes, Robin Carnahan, stimulus, super PAC, unemployment
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A Record Jobs Loss?
Republican Senate candidate Rob Portman is attacking his Democratic opponent, Lee Fisher, for the loss of jobs in Ohio. Portman’s ad claims that under Fisher’s watch — he’s lieutenant governor — the state lost "a record number" of jobs "to other states." But this supposed "record" is based on statistics …
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Bush Years Revisited in Ohio Senate Race
In the Ohio Senate race, Democrat Lee Fisher’s first TV ad of the fall campaign misrepresents Republican Rob Portman’s years in the Bush administration: The ad is wrong when it says Portman, as President George W. Bush’s "trade czar," was responsible for "sending 100,000 Ohio jobs overseas." The 100,000 lost jobs …
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