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Republican contenders fling falsehoods in Florida.
In last night's debate, held days before Tuesday's Republican primary in the Sunshine State, the remaining GOP candidates came up with a few new factual distortions and repeated several old ones. Among them:
McCain said he had won the Republican vote in both the South Carolina and New Hampshire primaries, where independent voters also participate. One exit poll showed him narrowly prevailing with Republicans in New Hampshire, while another didn't. And the same poll that favored him in that state had him losing the GOP vote to Huckabee in South Carolina.
McCain all but denied that he had said he didn't know much about economics. In fact, he did say that he needed "to be educated" on the subject.
McCain also said he voted twice to make Bush's tax cuts permanent – but doesn't mention that he initially opposed them.
Romney falsely portrayed Hillary Clinton's proposed health care plan as an all-government program. It's not.
Huckabee once again claimed the FairTax would benefit everyone. That's not possible.
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Posted By: LibertyorDeath @ 02/12/2008 11:44:11 PM
Comment: Don't worry about it. Ron Paul has started something big and he is releasing a book about how we should continue to Revolution!! The first thing to do is READ books about US history and how Congress works. Understand the system and then get into the system to change it from the inside!!! Our Government is completely corrupted, we can change that over the next 4-8 years!
Posted By: Aaron Davis @ 02/05/2008 3:54:18 AM
Comment: that's the problem with a debate produced by a TV network... they're in this business to make money... and they do that by selling advertising. Boring debates get the channel changed, changed channel is lower ratings and theoretically speaking, their airtime is devalued (i.e. the value of their airtime on TV, which they sell to the highest bidder to advertisers). They'd rather show you lascivious shows about sex slaves in America than have you change the channel or give Ron Paul equal exposure on their channel.
Posted By: hydroponicrose @ 01/31/2008 11:29:31 AM
Comment: The first time I saw them cut off Ron Paul, I was pissed. I support Romney, but DAMNIT! All men are created equal! I want to hear what ALL of them think! That is what a debate is about! They didnt even let RP finish his sentence a few times. I like Ron Paul, and a lot of his positions, but it's just pathetic that he doesnt even get the chance to give a good debate performance.