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FactCheck Mailbag
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
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2012 Players Guide
Mailers Mislead on ‘Obamacare’ Opt-Out Amendment
A conservative group misleads Kansas voters in campaign mailers that claim a failed proposal to amend the state’s Constitution would have allowed residents to opt-out of “Obamacare.” No state law can do that. The U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause explicitly states that federal law is the “supreme Law of the Land.” The …
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Posted in Spin Detectors Articles, The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Americans for Prosperity, constitutionality, health care law
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Romney’s ‘Racist’ Reference to Palestinian Culture
Mitt Romney says he “did not speak about the Palestinian culture” at a fundraiser in Israel, where his remarks were denounced by a Palestinian leader as “racist.” It’s true that Romney didn’t directly disparage the Palestinian culture, but he did say “culture makes all the difference” when explaining why Israel’s …
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Democratic PAC Revisits Old Claims
In ads airing in three states, a Democratic PAC repeats familiar, and misleading, attack lines — saying one Republican lawmaker voted to “essentially end Medicare” and another voted for billions in earmarks and turned a surplus “into a massive federal deficit.” The Majority PAC, a political action committee that aims …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Eric Hovde, george allen, Majority PAC, Rick Berg, Tim Kaine, Tommy Thompson
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Texas-Size Mudballs in GOP Senate Runoff
A bitter GOP primary contest in Texas for a U.S. Senate seat has come to this: an ad featuring a grieving mother who links one of the candidates to her son’s suicide. A Texas super PAC is airing a TV ad that features a distraught mother who says Ted Cruz, …
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Senator Mangles Facts on Drilling Moratorium
In an email to constituents, Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana claims “the Obama administration shut down the entire offshore oil and gas industry” after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. That’s not true. The administration halted the drilling of all new wells for one month. And the Interior Department …
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Posted in Spin Detectors Articles, The FactCheck Wire
Tagged David Vitter, drilling, energy, oil (24), oil spill
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Gunman’s Weapons Already Illegal?
Arguing against the need for new gun laws in the wake of the Aurora shootings, Mitt Romney said many of the weapons possessed by shooter James Holmes were “illegal … already.” While it’s true that the bombs found later at Holmes’ apartment were illegal, that’s not the case for the …
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