I hate the jabs that I continue to hear from normal, middle-class, republicans that say obama is going to increase their taxes. show them this calculator.
http://www.yourmoneypage.com/campaign2008/form_1040.php
End the lies about Obama's tax policy
Debates Fact Checking
There should be official, non-biased fact checkers at each of the Presidential and VP debates this fall. The Obama campaign should propose this plan. With all of the lies that have been spread by the GOP advertisements, it would be great to have fact checkers at the actual debates, that could make comments whenever necessary to clear the record.
Read more »Check Facts on FactCheck.org ! (http://www.factcheck.org)
Here are some facts:
Energetically Wrong
September 12, 2008
Palin says Alaska supplies 20 percent of U.S. energy. Not true. Not even close.
Belittling Palin?
September 11, 2008
A McCain-Palin TV ad accuses Obama of being "disrespectful" of Palin, but it distorts quotes to make the case.
McCain-Palin Distorts Our Finding
September 10, 2008
Obama must address this very very visually
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/10/ad-hawk-mccain...
That article outlines how McCain's new Palin fact-check ad is full of factlessness and misquotations. Yet the ad is going to get McCain a huge news cycle and a big boost. Obama has to fight back somehow. McCain's actions are shameful here, and Obama needs to defend himself on this one.
Read more »AP Attacks, praise stretch truth at GOP convention
Despite some of the claims made by the Republican Party, The AP has identified some seriously misleading statements in the GOP convention speeches Wednesday night.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_fact_check
Read more »Team Up With Fact Check
Obama's campaign should team up with a fact checking organization, like Fact Check, to have the ads vetted before being released. Then, they could add that to the sound-bite at the end, "Approved by FactCheck.Org". Reinforcing that Obama's ads are factual and not biased will really let people know how much stronger a candidate Obama is.
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