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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFactCheck.org: New Crossroads GPS ad lies on jobs, spending, taxes, health care and others.
Claims vs. FactsClaim: Obama started spending like our credit cards have no limit, says the fictional mom.
Fact: When Obama took office in January 2009, the federal deficit was already running at $1.2 trillion for the fiscal year that had begun nearly four months earlier, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. ... In fact, the numbers show spending actually has increased far more slowly under Obamas budgets that it did under Bushs, and more slowly than under any president in half a century.
Claim: His health care law made health insurance even more expensive.
Fact: Thats true, but the main cause of higher premiums is still the rising costs of medical care in general. As weve reported before, independent experts say the health care law caused only about a 1 percent to 3 percent increase in premiums last year just a part of the total 9 percent rise for the year. ... And one of the reasons the law has caused a slight rise in premiums is because it requires insurance companies to cover a familys children until they reach age 26.
Claim: Weve had stimulus and bailouts.
Fact: Thats true. But the bailout legislation was sought and signed in 2008 by President Bush, and 82 percent of all disbursed funds under that program have now been recovered under Obama, according to the Treasury Departments Daily TARP Update for May 22. As for the stimulus that Obama signed in 2009, unemployment would have been significantly worse without it, according to the Congressional Budget Office ...
Claim: Cutting taxes and debt, and creating jobs. Thats the change we need.
Fact: Actually, about 3.7 million jobs have already been created since things hit bottom in February 2010. Our fictional mother also glosses over a contradiction: cutting taxes increases debt, unless even bigger cuts are made in spending, which she doesnt mention.
Claim: Gas Prices Continue To Rise
Fact: This false claim is made in a fake newspaper headline that appears on screen. The truth is that gasoline prices have been dropping lately. ...
http://factcheck.org/2012/05/soft-glove-same-gps-fist/
This ad aired in Ohio yesterday. Don't think it will be very effective given how easily rebuttable its statements are, but it not good for the ol' blood pressure.
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FactCheck.org: New Crossroads GPS ad lies on jobs, spending, taxes, health care and others. (Original Post)
pampango
May 2012
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"Don't think it will be very effective given how easily rebuttable its statements are"
SoutherDem
May 2012
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SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)1. "Don't think it will be very effective given how easily rebuttable its statements are"
Yes, Democrats should know the truth to being with, hopefully all of those who are independent will care enough to check on the ad, but Republicans understand that factcheck.org is a left wing liberal organization.