"I want to campaign the same way I govern, which is to respond directly and forcefully with the truth,"
~ Barack Obama, 11/08/07
Economy
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: BUSH AND MCCAIN BUDGETS
October 02, 2008
Tonight, Joe Biden said: “[McCain] voted 4 out of 5 times on George Bush's budget.” [Vice Presidential Debate, 10/2/08] FACT: MCCAIN SUPPORTED 4 OF 5 BUSH BUDGETS · McCain Voted for 4 of 5 Bush Budgets Adding Up To $9.8...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: EDUCATION
October 02, 2008
Tonight, Sarah Palin said: “We need to put more of an emphasis on the profession of teaching, we need to make sure that education in either one of our agendas, I think, absolute top of the line.” [Vice Presidential Debate,...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: MCCAIN OPPOSED A WINDFALL PROFITS TAX
October 02, 2008
Today, Joe Biden said: “But John McCain will not support a windfall profits tax. They have made $600 billion since 2001, and John McCain wants to give them all by itself separate, no additional bill, all by itself another $4...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: OBAMA A LEADER ON FINANCIAL CRISIS
October 02, 2008
Tonight, Senator Biden said “Barack Obama laid out four basic criteria for any kind of rescue plan here. He first of all said there has to be oversight, we are not going to write any check to anybody unless there...
BIDEN CORRECT: MCCAIN SAME POSITION ON TAX BUDGET RESOLUTION
October 02, 2008
Senator Biden was correct in saying that John McCain voted the exact same way as Senator Obama on a budget resolution on extending the Bush tax cuts. Please see Senator McCain’s vote below: McCain Voted For The Amendment To FY...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: SPENDING
October 02, 2008
Tonight, Sarah Palin said: “An increased tax formula that Barack Obama is proposing in addition to nearly a trillion dollars in new spending that he is proposing is the backwards way of trying to grow our economy.” [Vice Presidential Debate,...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: TOBACCO
October 02, 2008
Tonight, Sarah Palin said: “Now, as for John McCain's adherence to rules and regulations and pushing for even harder and tougher regulations, that is another thing that he is known for, though. Look at the tobacco industry." [Vice Presidential Debate,...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: MCCAIN VOTED FOR NEARLY 500 TAX INCREASES
October 02, 2008
Tonight, Joe Biden said: “Using the standard that the governor uses, John McCain voted 477 times to raise taxes. It is a bogus standard.” [Vice Presidential Debate, 10/2/08] FACT: MCCAIN SUPPORTED NEARLY 500 TAX INCREASES THROUGHOUT HIS LEGISLATIVE CAREER ·...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: TAXES
October 02, 2008
Tonight, Sarah Palin said: “Barack Obama had 94 opportunities to side on the people's side and reduce taxes, and 94 times he voted to increase taxes or not support a tax reduction, 94 times. Now, that is not what we...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: MCCAIN IS NOT A MAVERICK
October 02, 2008
Tonight, Sarah Palin said: “What I have done as a governor and as a mayor is true, they had the track record of reform, and I joined this team that is a team of mavericks with John McCain also, with...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: WORKERS
October 02, 2008
Tonight, Sarah Palin said: “American workforce is the greatest in this world, with the ingenuity and the work ethic that is just entrenched in our workforce.” [Vice Presidential Debate, 10/2/08] The Facts: John McCain Has Repeatedly Voted Against The Interests...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: FUNDAMENTALS ARE STRONG & WE ARE BETTER OFF UNDER BUSH POLICIES
October 02, 2008
Tonight, Sarah Palin said: “John McCain saying our economy was strong, he was talking to and about the American workforce, and the American workforce is the greatest in this world, with the ingenuity and the work ethic that is just...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: FANNIE MAE & FREDDIE MAC
October 02, 2008
Tonight, Sarah Palin said: “Now, John McCain thankfully has been one representing reform. Two years ago, remember, it was John McCain who pushed so hard with the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reform measures. He sounded that warning bell. People...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: REGULATION
October 02, 2008
Tonight, Joe Biden said: “It is evidence of the fact that the economic policies of the last eight years have been the worst economic policies we have ever had. As a consequence, you have seen what has happened on Wall...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: MCCAIN'S TAX LIE
September 26, 2008
TONIGHT: McCain: “He has voted in the United States Senate to increase taxes on people who make as low as $42,000.” THE FACTS: OBAMA DID NOT VOTE TO RAISE TAXES ON FAMILIES MAKING $42,000 A YEAR Fact Check.org: Claim That...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: TAXES AND THE ENERGY BILL
September 26, 2008
DEBATE REALITY CHECK THE 2005 ENERGY BILL ACTUALLY RAISED TAXES ON OIL COMPANIES Fact Check.org: Describing The 2005 Energy Bill As “Corporate Welfare” Is “Misleading.” “McCain attacked Obama for voting for ‘corporate welfare’ for oil companies. In fact, the bill...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: MCCAIN'S "NOT CREDIBLE" BUDGET
September 26, 2008
TONIGHT: McCain: “No matter what, we have got to cut spending. We have, as I have said, we have let government get completely out of control.” THE FACTS: MCCAIN’S BUDGET PROPOSAL HAS BEEN CALLED “NOT CREDIBLE” Washington Post: McCain’s Plan...
FACT: MCCAIN HAS REPEATEDLY OPPOSED A WINDFALL PROFITS TAX AND HIS TAX PLAN GIVES OIL COMPANIES $4 BILLION IN TAX BREAKS
September 26, 2008
McCain Voted Against A One-Year Tax On Oil Companies To Fund Low Income Energy Assistance. McCain voted against considering an amendment to the 2005 Tax Relief legislation that provided $2.92 billion in FY 2006 for the Low-Income Energy Assistance Act....
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: EARMARK REFORM
September 26, 2008
FACT: OBAMA HAS BEEN A LEADER ON EARMARK REFORM Obama Sponsored Bill to Provide Transparency and Integrity in the Earmark Process. Obama sponsored the Transparency and Integrity in Earmarks Act of 2006 that would prohibit consideration of an appropriation bill...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: MCCAIN ON DEREGULATION
September 26, 2008
DEBATE REALITY CHECK ON MCCAIN’S RECORD ON DEREGULATION TONIGHT, BARACK OBAMA SAID: “Now, we also have to recognize that this is a final verdict on eight years of failed economic policies promoted by George Bush, supported by Senator McCain, a...
Fact-Check Video: McCain's Tax Attacks False
August 16, 2008
"This ad is just more of the same old false and discredited attacks that Senator McCain knows aren't true. Senator McCain will say or do anything to hide the truth: while Obama will cut taxes for the middle class, McCain...
Response to McCain's Most Recent Attack Ad on Taxes
August 09, 2008
"This ad is a lie, and it’s part of the old, tired politics of a party in Washington that has run out of ideas and run out of steam. Even though a host of independent, nonpartisan organizations have said this...
Rhetoric and Reality on McCain Tax Speech
June 10, 2008
MCCAIN RHETORIC: Obama Will Enact the Largest Tax Increase Since World War II. “No matter which of us wins in November, there will be change in Washington. The question is what kind of change? Will we enact the single largest...
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: BUSH AND MCCAIN BUDGETS
October 02, 2008
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: EDUCATION
October 02, 2008
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: MCCAIN OPPOSED A WINDFALL PROFITS TAX
October 02, 2008
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: OBAMA A LEADER ON FINANCIAL CRISIS
October 02, 2008
BIDEN CORRECT: MCCAIN SAME POSITION ON TAX BUDGET RESOLUTION
October 02, 2008
October 02, 2008
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: EDUCATION
October 02, 2008
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: MCCAIN OPPOSED A WINDFALL PROFITS TAX
October 02, 2008
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: OBAMA A LEADER ON FINANCIAL CRISIS
October 02, 2008
BIDEN CORRECT: MCCAIN SAME POSITION ON TAX BUDGET RESOLUTION
October 02, 2008
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