30 Dec 07 FackCheck.org: The Whoppers of 2007
FactCheck.org has its list of the big Whoppers of 2007. Never pulling any punches and taking shots at both sides of the aisle, FactCheck.org does an excellent job of giving us the facts and sifting through all of the b.s.
Some notable lies:
- Republican Rudy Giuliani made false claims over and over about his record as mayor of New York, and even about England’s health care system.
- Democrat Hillary Clinton ran an ad claiming that National Guard and Reserve troops had no health insurance before she went to work, when in fact most of them did.
- Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee repeatedly twisted the facts when talking about his record on taxes in Arkansas and other subjects. And there were plenty of other howlers from the large field of candidates.
- Democrats made false promises about their Medicare drug bill in January.
- A labor union group ran an ad supporting Democrat John Edwards that left the impression that jobs from a closed Iowa plant had gone overseas, when really they had gone to Ohio.
Go and read the full article for more whoppers and in-depth analysis of each one. Don’t worry, there are equal amounts of lies for everybody.
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