October 31, 2011 10:24 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - October 30, 2011
This week's Sunday talk shows included several GOP presidential contenders who have figured out that ignoring facts is a winning formula among their party's voters. While all the candidates who appeared on the shows parroted the same points they've been making for the past several months, there were also several new allegations. On Face the Nation, GOP frontrunner Herman Cain, after having adjusted his 9-9-9 tax plan to avoid tax hikes on those living in poverty, claimed that the exemption was there all along and that his critics simply misreported his plan. That's unlikely given that Cain has been on record defending taxing the income of those living in poverty. On This Week, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) was called out for misrepresenting immigration statistics. Rather than acknowledge her mistake and move on, Bachmann claimed that she did not say what the video clearly showed her saying. And on Fox News Sunday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) repeated a slew of easily debunked economic talking points, including that President Obama had overseen the creation of "practically no jobs."
October 25, 2011 5:27 pm ET filed under Foreign Policy Matters
Fox Military Analyst: Iraqis Wanted “A Normal Allied Relationship” In Which U.S. Troops Stay In Their Country Indefinitely
October 25, 2011 12:27 pm ET filed under Foreign Policy Matters
Rep. West: Iraq Pullout Leaves “Clear Pathway” For The “Potential Demise” Of Israel
October 17, 2011 5:59 pm ET filed under Foreign Policy Matters
Herman Cain: "There Have Been A Lot Of Benefits That Have Come Out Of Iraq"
October 13, 2011 10:48 am ET filed under Foreign Policy Matters
The Supposed Iran Plot: How The Neocons Immunized Us
September 20, 2011 2:02 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Ryan Decries Iraq, Afghanistan Savings He Himself Has Touted As "War Gimmick"
From the September 20, 2011, edition of The Laura Ingraham Show:
September 09, 2011 3:34 pm ET filed under Foreign Policy Matters
WaPo's Michael Gerson: Bush Was Not A Neoconservative
August 16, 2011 4:51 pm ET filed under Foreign Policy Matters
Iraq's Support For Syrian Regime Throws Wrench In Bush's "Freedom Agenda"
August 02, 2011 10:52 am ET filed under Blog
Sen. Kirk Criticizes Unfunded Wars — But Not The Ones He Supported
July 09, 2010 1:23 pm ET filed under Foreign Policy Matters
Goldberg Gets His War On
May 27, 2010 12:17 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. King: Speaker Pelosi, Democrats Encouraged Terrorists To Kill Americans 44 Times in 2007-8
Iowa Republican Steve King channeled Dick Cheney on Tuesday night, claiming that after the Democrats retook Congress in 2006 they held 44 different votes to "unfund, underfund or undermine" American soldiers. In the Cheney/King universe, any opposition to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq gets more Americans killed.
June 09, 2009 5:55 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Lieberman vs. Lieberman
On June 9, 2009, Senator Joe Lieberman threatened to filibuster the Supplemental Appropriations Bill funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan unless it contained an amendment allowing photos of detainee abuse to be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. He was singing a different tune in 2007.
June 03, 2009 6:25 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Boehner: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
On June 2, 2009, House Minority Leader John Boehner criticized Congressional Democrats for including non-troop items in a war funding bill. Rep. Boehner must have a short memory, because in 2007, he voted for a Bush war funding bill that included $17 billion in the non-troop items he now loathes.
June 03, 2009 4:26 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Pence: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
On June 3, 2009, House Republican Conference Chair Mike Pence criticized Congressional Democrats for including non-troop items in a war funding bill. Rep. Pence must have a short memory, because in 2007, he voted for a Bush war funding bill that included $17 billion in the non-troop items he now loathes.
June 03, 2009 1:01 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Cantor: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
On June 3, 2009, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor criticized Congressional Democrats for including non-troop items in a war funding bill. Rep. Cantor must have a short memory, because in 2007, he voted for a Bush war funding bill that included $17 billion in the non-troop items he now loathes.
June 03, 2009 12:27 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Jerry Lewis: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
On June 3, 2009, Rep. Jerry Lewis wrote a blog post on The Hill's "Congress Blog" in which he criticized Congressional Democrats for including non-troop items in a war funding bill. Rep. Lewis must have a short memory because in 2007, he voted for a Bush war funding bill that included $17 billion in the non-troop items he now loathes.
June 03, 2009 12:03 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Bachmann: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
On June 3, 2009, Rep. Michele Bachmann wrote a blog post on Townhall in which she criticized Congressional Democrats for including "non-troop items" in a war funding bill. Rep. Bachmann must have a short memory because in 2007, she voted for a Bush war funding bill that included $17 billion in the "non-troop items" she now loathes.
