Clear the Smear
Sarah Palin and the Jewish Community, Marc Stanley
Palin is totally out of step with the Jewish community on many issues.
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Attacks, praise stretch truth at GOP convention
AP exposes Palin and McCain's falsehoods.
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Barack, Thy Name is Biblical, David E. Scheim
Originally published in The Washington Post; revised for JAFC
Vilifying Barack Obama’s name has become a favorite blood sport in the 2008 presidential campaign. The lineage of Obama’s name, however, extending back to a revered biblical namesake, befits his status as a Christian of rich ancestral influences.
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Anti-Semitic Content on Obama’s Web site?
JewsForObama.com
Barack Obama’s detractors have made a game out of finding anti-Israel and anti-Semitic material on Obama’s social networking site, and using it to smear Obama. In part 1 of our response, we discuss the motives behind it and what its architects don’t tell you about the offensive content. In part 2, we discuss how anti-Semitism within the Republican party should be of much greater concern to Jewish Americans than offensive content on Obama’s community blog site.
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A New Stitch in a Bad Pattern
September 2, 2008
A McCain ad wrongly claims Obama plans “painful tax increases” for working families. And who's talking about deficits?
From FactCheck.org, Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
McCain's new ad puts another stitch in what we've called his pattern of deceit on Obama's tax plan. This one claims Obama and congressional Democrats plan to push forward “painful tax increases on working American families” and that they will bring about “years of deficits,” “no balanced budgets” and "“illions in new government spending.”
The ad is plain wrong about higher taxes on working families. In fact, Obama's economic plan would produce a tax cut for the majority of American households, with middle-income earners benefiting most. As for “years of deficits,” exactly the same claim could be made about McCain's program. It's unlikely either Obama or McCain would balance the budget, and both are projected to increase the debt by trillions.
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Context Included: Obama on Iran
McCain ad cherry-picks Obama remarks on Iran, twisting his meaning.
Viveca Novak (factcheck.org), Newsweek, Aug 27, 2008
McCain's new ad, released on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention, quotes Obama saying that Iran is a “tiny” country that “doesn't pose a serious threat.” It implies that he fails to see Iran's threat to Israel. The picture changes dramatically when Obama's full quotes are considered: Obama actually said of Iran, Cuba and Venezuela: “These countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union.” Likewise, he said those countries don't pose a serious threat to the United States “the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us.” Obama has also said in speeches that Iran is Israel's greatest threat, and a serious threat to the region, and he has discussed its sponsorship of terrorism.
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McCain Ad on Iran Distorts Obama's Stance
Ben Smith's Blog, Politico, August 27, 2008
“Obama spokesman Hari Sevugan responds to McCain's ad today, which takes the candidate's words sharply out of context on Iran....”
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Stop the Fox TV Smears of Obama
The FOX smears are continuing and we need to stop them from spreading to the rest of the media. Watch FOX's laughably inaccurate distortions, as they smear Barack Obama on everything from the economy to race to patriotism to flag pins.
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