Fact Check: A direct-mail piece sent to voters by Clinton, twists Obama’s words and gives a false

[Quixote1818]

picture of his proposals.


Summary
A direct-mail piece sent to voters by the Clinton campaign twists Obama’s words and gives a false picture of his proposals:

* It says he "wants to raise Social Security taxes by a trillion dollars," a big distortion. Obama has said a “good option” would be to apply Social Security payroll taxes to incomes over $97,500 a year, but that would only affect taxes paid by 6.5 percent of individuals and couples. And he hasn’t formally proposed such a move anyway.

* 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.

* 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.


More here: http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/youve_got_mailers.html

[babylonsister]

1. Not Hillary-no way! nt

[Rosemary2205]

2. I just want to say

I love your sig....... :)

[babylonsister]

8. Thanks-I do, too. Makes way too much sense!

:hi:

[Quixote1818]

3. I hope Obama has this in hand during the next Debate.

He should hand it to Hillary and ask her to read it.

[OhioChick]

5. Agreed. n/t

[Window]

4. This is what pisses me off with Hillary.

She does crap like this and then holds a presser to whine about how mailers Obama put out about her...after she's had them for weeks.

[alteredstate]

6. Gee, where's the outrage?

Do you think Senator Obama will hold a press conference to say "Shame on you Hillary Clinton"?

[babylonsister]

9. Nah, he's got way too much class for that. nt

[Quixote1818]

10. I think he should. That would be extremely funny! nt

[Johnny__Motown]

7. That puts it mildly, why not just say she lied?

[Quixote1818]

11. And that she should be ashamed of herself for her Karl Rove tactics. nt

[casus belli]

12. If you haven't come to expect this, you haven't been watching the game.

You in this particular case being a generic you, not a pointed remark towards the OP.

[NJmaverick]

13. SHAME ON YOU HILLARY! SHAME ON YOU!

USING KARL ROVES TACTICS!! SHAME ON YOU!

[Quixote1818]

15. And shame on the Hillary supporters for buying her load of crap.

What a pathetic act! She is starting to disgust me about as much as Bush and Rove.

[zulchzulu]

14. I got these mailers in Wisconsin before we kicked Hillary's ass

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/zulchzulu/144