3 November 2008 Comments Off

Election Watch

I am going to hold off posting anything else until after the results come in tomorrow night so I will leave this widget in place for easy access throughout election day.
Please Go Vote on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

3 November 2008 Comments Off

FactCheck.org’s Closing Arguments

FactCheck.org has published two new reports and analyses on the presidential campaign – one for each Candidate.   Here are the summaries.  Please read the full reports on McCain and Obama for the full details.
Closing Arguments: McCain
McCain and Palin close their campaign with a new set of dubious character attacks.
Summary
In the final week, the McCain-Palin campaign [...]

28 October 2008 Comments Off

National Republican Trust cannot be Trusted

An upstart group calling itself the “National Republican Trust PAC” mixes a pile of false claims and the image of 9/11 mastermind Mohammed Atta to create one of the sleaziest false TV ads of the campaign.

27 October 2008 Comments Off

More on Newspaper Endorsements

Currently on the list are 41 newspapers that endorsed George W. Bush in 2004 that now are endorsing Obama and 4 newspapers that endorsed John Kerry and are now endorsing John McCain.

16 October 2008 Comments Off

FactCheck.org on Debate 3

FactCheck.org: FactChecking Debate No. 3
Spin and hype were apparent, once again, at the third and final debate between McCain and Obama:

* McCain claimed the liberal group ACORN “is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history … maybe destroying the fabric of democracy.” In fact, a Republican prosecutor [...]