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A scorecard checking the attacks on the candidates
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On Obama, “The press warns the ‘Taxman Cometh.’” |
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Says Obama replaced the American flag on the tail of his plane with his campaign logo. |
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John McCain worries about nuclear waste in Arizona, but not in Nevada. |
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"John McCain's top foreign policy adviser lobbied for... the Republic of Georgia, and McCain has mirrored the position advocated by the government." |
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McCain is "raising campaign cash with one of (Jack) Abramoff's closest business partners: scandal-plagued conservative activist Ralph Reed." |
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A scorecard separating fact from fiction
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"It (Georgia) was one of the earliest Christian nations. The king of then-Georgia in the third century converted to Christianity." |
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Oil companies "haven't touched" 68 million acres where they already have rights to drill. |
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The musical Mamma Mia! has "been selling out for years." |
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Spending increases, not tax cuts, are the major cause of the federal budget deficit. |
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Telling you who flipped and who didn't
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On torture. |
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On a timetable to withdraw from Iraq. |
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On using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. |
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Off on the wrong footnotes
McCain's attacks on Obama are 'not true,' 'false,' 'baloney,' according to media outlets.
Other recent videos we've reviewed:
Obama's video: Tax breaks for all companies; credit for kids.
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