"New Energy"
1a) Claim: McCain will give more tax breaks to big oil.
2a) Facts: This claim, while technically true, is misleading. Although McCain's tax plan would give tax breaks to big oil, those tax breaks would be part of a larger corporate tax cut that would also benefit companies that provide alternative energy solutions and other big corporations such as WalMart.
Sources:
"McCain will give more tax breaks to big oil." PolitiFact.com. 08 July 2008. St. Petersburg Times. 27 Oct 2008 http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/563/.
"The Whoppers of 2008." FactCheck.org. 25 Sept 2008. Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. 27 Oct 2008 http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/the_whoppers_of_2008.html.
3a) This claim is designed to associate McCain with the disliked big oil companies who are generally perceived as uncaring profit machines. It does not specify that the tax breaks would be part of a larger plan because that would detract from the attempted association.
1b) Claim: McCain has voted with President Bush 95% of the time.
2b) Facts: True; McCain's 2007 "presidential support" score as stated by the Congressional Quarterly shows that this is an accurate statement.
Sources:
"John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time (last year)." PolitiFact.com. 03 June 2008. St. Petersburg Times. 27 Oct 2008 http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/512/.
3b) This ad is also designed to associate McCain with an entity that the public does not like, in this case President Bush.
"Out of Touch"
1a) Claim: McCain owns 7 different houses.
2a) Senator McCain actually owns 8 different houses.
Sources:
"Rezko Reality." FactCheck.org. 22 Aug 2008. Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. 27 Oct 2008 http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/rezko_reality.html.
3a) This ad was in response to McCain's claim that Obama was spending too much money and time on his personal housing issues. It shows that this was a hypocritical statement for McCain to make, and portrayed Obama in a favorable light.
1b) Claim: McCain defines middle-class as making $5 million a year.
2b) Facts: This was a joke made by McCain (admittedly in poor taste) at the Saddleback Church presidential forum.
Sources:
Powers, Ryan. "McCain Jokes About His Definition Of The Rich: ‘How About $5 Million?’." ThinkProgress.org. 17 Aug 2008. Center for American Progress Action Fund. 27 Oct 2008 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/17/mccain-defines-rich/.
3b) This ad uses an out-of-context quote in an attempt to alienate people, especially middle-class families, from McCain.
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"New Energy"
1a) Claim: McCain (along with Bush) supports a drilling plan that won't produce oil for 7 years
2a) Facts: This claim is technically true, though it is a bit of an over simplification and a presentation of only one side of the plan being discussed. The plan spoken of is a legislation (that McCain supports) to lift the ban on off shore drilling. However, according to an industry economist from the EIA, the 7 year claim "certainly sounds like a time span that is in the right ballpark."
3a) First of all this claim immediately ties McCain to Bush, who clearly does not have the best judgement and is historically unpopular with the general public. Secondly, the claim undermines the "drill, baby, drill" tactic that McCain adamantly supports and has made a cornerstone of his campaign as being a solution that would "help rescue our family budgets."
1b) Claim: Obama plans to give a 1000 dollar tax cut to help middle class families.
2b) True, Obama's tax plan does include a program called "Make Work Pay," which will provide working families with a 1000 dollar income tax credit. The plan also includes an immediate 1000 dollar emergency energy rebate.
3b) Obviously working families nation wide are feeling the negative monetary affects of the current economic crisis and the high price of gas. Obama's tax plan to provide families with immediate relief from some of these affects is very appealing to many of these families.
"Out of Touch"
1a) Claim: John McCain says the "fundamentals of our economy are strong."
2a) True: in a speech he gave on the campaign trail in Florida, McCain did say that the fundamentals of our economy are strong, although he followed up that statement by saying that this was the case despite the fact that financial markets and Wall Street are in turmoil.
3a) Clearly Obama wants to stress the point that McCain a) does not know enough about the economy to get us out of this mess if elected president (especially if he cannot even recognize the extent of the problem). b) McCain is so out of touch with the general public because, being quite wealthy, he is not worried or personally effected by the economic crisis in the same way that many Americans are.
1b) Claim: when asked how many houses McCain has, he could not remember
2b) True: in an interview Politico asked how many houses McCain had and he responded, stumbling over his words, that he would have his staff get back to the interviewer with the number.
3b) This claim is meant discredit McCain in 2 ways. First, it's a dig at his age. McCain is in his 70s and the fact that he can't remember how many houses he has is meant to prove that he doesn't exactly have the sharpest of minds anymore. Second, it's meant to depict McCain as being disconnected to the general public. Basically, if you've lost track of how many houses you obviously own quite a few and fall into the very small percentage of Americans who can afford those kinds of luxuries.
I tried to post the comment with the sources included but for some reason the blogger would not let me, not sure why?
-Aliza
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