Posted in Campaign 2008, Politics, spin control on June 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
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FactCheck.org summarized the latest Republican hopefuls debate writing
Pollsters will inform
us whether the third time was the charm for any of these candidates in
the eyes of potential voters. All we can do is remind you not to
believe everything you hear.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney committed the biggest factual fouls of the night, misleadingly [...]
Posted in Campaign 2008, Obama, Politics, hype, power, spin on June 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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clipped from www.factcheck.org
Amid barbs on Iraq, there were exaggerations on energy, insurance and other issues in the second debate of candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. Among those we found:
Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware wrongly cast Iran as a nation running out of oil.
Former [...]
Posted in Campaign 2008, Congress, Politics, education, ethics on June 1, 2007 | 11 Comments »
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FactCheck.org does it again. In their analysis of the Fair Tax proposal they pay close attention to the numbers and the spin placed on those numbers by Huckabee, Tancredo and Hunter. Some of what they have to say is reprinted below:
Americans for Fair Taxation offers the following plain-language interpretation of H.R. 25:
Americans [...]
Posted in Campaign 2008, Politics, ethics on June 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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Not that the Democrats are any better, but FactCheck.org happened to address claims made by the Republican hopefuls during their last debate. I think Lincoln got it right when he remarked that “You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but [...]
Posted in Campaign 2008, Conservatives, Mitt Romney, Politics, presidency on May 23, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Originally posted by Eric Kleefeld | bio at TPC’s Election Central I thought it deserved re-presentation on my blog. Hope I don’t offend you Eric.
Wow, what a guy! Mitt Romney is going up on the air tomorrow in Iowa and New Hampshire with a new attack ad. The target? The state of Massachusetts, whose [...]
Posted in Bush, Campaign 2008, Congress, Iraq, Nixon, Obama, Politics, White House, power, presidency on May 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Okay, so I support Barak Obama. That being said, my bias out in the open, I believe he is the only viable candidate that makes sense on ending the Iraq War. With a White House out of control, refusing compromise with the loyal opposition on matters of the war, and with the [...]
Posted in Campaign 2008, Christian Right, Darwin, Politics, evolution, inteligent design, religion, religious intolerance, religious right on May 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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I find it disgraceful that 3 of 10 Republican presidential hopefuls quickly raise their hands to proclaim their disbelief in evolution. I am equally amazed at how long it took John McCain to respond to this question. I can only hope the American people are not so stupid as to accept this [...]
Posted in Campaign 2008, Giuliani, Politics, War, White House, hubris, presidency, terrorism on April 28, 2007 | 7 Comments »
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Oh Rudy, hubris runs deep among you Republicans. Your shameless exploitation of 9-11 is a deep seated example of the excessive pride and arrogance of the right. Hubris generally is the precursor to downfall or destruction in classical tragedy. The hubris of the Bush White House led to the quagmire [...]
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