Tag Archives: medicare

Obama’s False Medicare Claim

Posted on October 20, 2008 , Updated on October 21, 2008

Summary In a TV ad and in speeches, Obama is making bogus claims that McCain plans to cut $880 billion from Medicare spending and to reduce benefits. A TV spot says McCain’s plan requires "cuts in benefits, eligibility or both." Obama said in a speech that McCain plans "cuts" that …
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Scaring, and Misleading, Seniors Again

Posted on October 20, 2008

In what is becoming a bit of a pattern, a group that backs Sen. Barack Obama is trying to convince senior citizens that Sen. John McCain would be their worst nightmare. The AFL-CIO is distributing a mailer that claims McCain is “turning his back on retirees,” by “privatizing Social Security, …
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The Whoppers of 2007

Posted on December 30, 2007

Summary The year 2007 wasn’t a good one for political honesty. Though not even technically an election year, it provided a bumper crop of falsehoods and distortions nonetheless. Presidential candidates kept us busy: Republican Rudy Giuliani made false claims over and over about his record as mayor of New York, …
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