Washington Post Fact Checker: McCain Exaggerated the Ayers Relationship.

October 15th 2008 in Lies

“McCain exaggerated the closeness of the relationship between Obama and former Weather Underground founder Bill Ayers in claiming that his rival had ‘launched his political career’ in Ayers’ living room. It is true that Obama attended a coffee meeting at Ayers’ home after he announced his intention to run for the state senate in September 1995. But according to Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times, who has tracked Obama’s political career closely, the Ayers’ event was only one of a series of coffees in the Hyde Park community where he lived. The kickoff for Obama’s Senate run came at a meeting in the Hyde Park Ramada Inn on Sept. 19, 1995.” [Washington Post, 10/15/08: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/10/final_presidential_debate.html]

Washington Post Fact Checker: McCain Recycled False Tax Claim.

“McCain just recycled a frequent claim, that Obama has voted to raise taxes on people making $42,000 a year. It’s based on Obama’s vote this year in support of a non-binding Democratic budget resolution that would allow the Bush tax cuts to expire in 2011 and 2013. Independent analysts have asserted this claim is misleading [...]

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Washington Post Fact Checker: McCain Misrepresents Biden Iraq Proposal.

“McCain just mispoke in accusing Democratic running mate of wanting to divide Iraq into ‘three countries.’ Biden did propose a plan in 2006 to decentralize power in Iraq by giving control of a major region each to the Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis. But his plan would maintain Iraq as a single country.” [Washington Post, [...]

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