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2012 Players Guide
Tag Archives: Mitt Romney
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future is a “super PAC” supporting the candidacy of Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
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Posted in Players Guide 2012
Tagged Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Players Guide, Winning Our Future
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New Hampshire Debates, Take 2
Less than 12 hours after the ABC News/Yahoo! debate in Manchester ended, the Republican presidential candidates were at it again — debating on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” As they did the night before, the candidates at times distorted the truth on a variety of topics, including Medicare, job creation, gasoline …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged fraud, gasoline prices, health care, jobs, Jon Huntsman, medicare, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum
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Romney Hits Turbulence With Boeing Case
A Mitt Romney ad running in South Carolina distorts the truth by claiming that the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing Corp., “You can’t build a factory in South Carolina because South Carolina is a right-to-work state.” That misstates the facts. The NLRB’s acting general counsel actually dropped the case. …
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A Guide to the New Hampshire Debates
The remaining Republican presidential candidates meet Jan. 7 for a prime-time ABC News/Yahoo!/WMUR-TV debate at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. Less than 12 hours later, they meet again for an NBC News/Facebook debate on “Meet the Press.” Here are some possible lines of attack to expect, based on what …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged china, earmarks, Freddie Mac, health care, Illegal immigration, Iran, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Restore Our Future, Ron Paul
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Romney’s Shaky Job Claims
Mitt Romney has taken to saying that he created more than 100,000 net jobs through his work in the private sector, and more jobs as governor than President Obama has created since taking office. But the first claim is unproven, and the second is misleading. It’s true that the private …
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Soft on Anti-Semitism?
GOP presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney claim that the U.S. ambassador to Belgium “justified” and “downplayed” anti-Semitism and blamed it on “Israel’s actions toward the Palestinians.” We find that to be a one-sided interpretation of what was actually said. Others may view Ambassador Howard Gutman’s remarks differently than …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged anti-Semitism, Israel, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney
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More Baloney at ABC/Yahoo! Debate
False and misleading claims were flying again at the latest Republican presidential candidates’ debate in Iowa. Romney falsely claimed that no president before Obama had cut Medicare, and that Obama favored pre-1967 borders for Israel. Gingrich said he opposed cap-and-trade, even though …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged Election 2010, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry
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Unproven Jobs Claim in Pro-Romney Ad
A pro-Romney TV spot running heavily in Iowa touts an unproven claim that the candidate “helped create thousands of jobs” as CEO of an investment firm. When we asked the super PAC sponsoring the ad for proof of its claim, a spokeswoman said: “We aren’t supplying that information.” And so …
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Debate Watch
The six Republican presidential candidates who are set to meet and debate again on Dec. 10 have all made some claims that don’t line up with the facts. Will they repeat this shopworn spin, or have they tired of these talking points? Here’s what to watch and listen for when …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Election 2010, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul
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Flipping Through DNC Playbook on Romney
The Democratic National Committee casts Mitt Romney as an untrustworthy flip-flopper in a lengthy Web video, but pads a long list of examples with some falsehoods and distortions. It’s true that Romney has changed or modified his position on some major issues — including abortion, a federal assault weapons ban and Reaganomics, as the DNC says. But the video strains the truth …
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Tagged abortion, assault weapons ban, Bailouts, education, health care, immigration, labor unions, minimum wage, Mitt Romney, Ronald Reagan, stem cell research, stimulus, taxes
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