Reply #24: fact check says your lying [View All]

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http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/youve_got_mailers_1.html

When you don't have money use fear.

1)Hillary Clinton is now using a mailer that terrifies tax payers that Obama

"wants to raise Social Security taxes by a trillion dollars."

FactCheck dismisses the reckless charge, "That's an awful distortion. Nothing Obama has proposed or supported would affect Social

Security taxes paid by the overwhelming majority of workers."

As everyone in DU is certainly aware Obama has the audacity to detail how he will fix Social Security by lifting the cap on taxing incomes of $ 97,000.

" . . .lifting the cap was "probably going to be the best option" and "much preferable to the other options that are available." But he came just short of promising to do so.

Clinton's Plan for fixing Social Security: Undisclosed - so as to not alienate anyone, another great profile in courage.


2)They also detail to other major distortions in the mailer

"The Clinton mailer says Obama has "no plan" for a moratorium on foreclosures such as the one Clinton has proposed. That’s true, but Obama has his own plan for homeowner relief. The mailer leaves the impression that Obama has "no plan" at all, which is false."

and

"It says Obama "voted for Dick Cheney's energy bill that gives huge tax breaks to oil companies," another distortion. By the time Congress passed the 2005 energy bill, it raised taxes on the oil industry more than it decreased them and also contained billions for alternative fuels research and subsidies for energy-efficient buildings and vehicles."


Now what other recent American political leader frequently used cheap fear tactics to try and get an electoral advantage? Anyone?