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When Democrats Attack
FactCheck.org ^ | 11/02/2006 | Factcheck.org

Posted on 11/07/2006 10:20:30 AM PST by mmmRamen

Gauging by the attack ads flowing from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the party's House contenders are running against Exxon, Pfizer and Bush. The ads tie Republican House candidates to unpopular industries and an unpopular President. Some of these ads are exaggerations.

At times DCCC ads run completely off the rails of factual accuracy. One falsely implies that an Illinois candidate tried to ban Dr. Seuss books from schools. Another correctly states that an Ohio candidate was investigated "for abusing her position," but fails to mention that the investigation found "no substance" to the allegation. Others claim Republicans voted to "raid the Social Security trust fund," a bit of misleading nonsense we've noted previously.

What follows is our analysis of 143 ads from the DCCC that have appeared since Labor Day, nearly all of them attack ads. For our take on ads from the DCCC's counterpart, the National Republican Congressional Committee, see the article we posted Oct. 27.

(Excerpt) Read more at factcheck.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: campaignads; dccc; democrats; dnc; election; elections; vote
A great article about the truth behind some negative Dem campaign ads. Enjoy!
1 posted on 11/07/2006 10:20:31 AM PST by mmmRamen
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To: mmmRamen

Figures they would wait till Election Day to release this.


2 posted on 11/07/2006 10:29:22 AM PST by GoBucks2002
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To: mmmRamen

And bear in mind that FactCheck.org leans left, when it leans. I don't ignore them, but knowing their leanings, I take their fact-checking of many conservatives positions/candidates with a grain of salt.


3 posted on 11/07/2006 10:46:36 AM PST by pogo101
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To: GoBucks2002

My sentiments too.


5 posted on 11/07/2006 4:42:12 PM PST by lowbridge (Got my own set of keys to the Rovian Weather and Earthquake Machine.)
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