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Romney repeats misleading claims about McCain's stand on immigration and his own record on taxes.
Summary
Romney's latest ad attacks McCain in New Hampshire with false and misleading claims:
It claims McCain "voted to allow illegals to collect Social Security." That's untrue. Nobody who is in the country illegally could be paid any Social Security benefits under McCain's immigration bill.
It implies McCain supported "amnesty" for illegal immigrants. That word isn't accurate. Illegal immigrants wouldn't have received a blanket pardon under McCain's bill. Instead, they would have had to pay thousands in penalties and fees to gain legal status. In fact, in 2005 Romney called McCain's proposal "reasonable" and said it wasn't amnesty.
The ad says Romney "cut taxes" in Massachusetts. While he did cut some taxes – for example, enacting business tax credits – tax rates remained unchanged. Plus, Romney raised state revenues by hundreds of millions of dollars per year by increasing fees and closing corporate tax loopholes.
Analysis
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced his ad attacking Arizona Sen. John McCain Dec. 28. It is set to run in New Hampshire, where the two face each other in the Republican presidential primary scheduled for Jan. 8.
Social Security for Illegal Aliens
In contrasting supposed differences between the two men, the ad's announcer falsely states that McCain "voted to allow illegals to collect Social Security." This tired and misleading claim was used by several Republicans against Democrats in the 2006 elections. We debunked it then, and it is no more true now that it is being used to attack a Republican.
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Posted By: Soldierinthesand @ 01/02/2008 3:28:47 AM
Comment: Despite the fact that McCain is a war hero he has spent his career as a legislator. A whole life spent talkign without much action. Romney has shown through his leadership style that he is a doer. He has continually stood up and solved problems and actually made things happen. He is the type of leadership this country needs right now.
Posted By: Soldierinthesand @ 01/02/2008 3:26:19 AM
Comment: McCain is a war hero, but on immigration he has flopped, Romney has a clearer track record of being able to make and enforce decisions that cleaned up messes like the 2002 winter Olympics Romney has been a doer that has made things happen, that's what our country needs. McCain has been a legislator, talk a lot and no action.
Posted By: MyViews1 @ 01/01/2008 7:19:40 AM
Comment: Clearly a slanted story. McCain is not actually a bad guy, but lets face the fact that he cannot win the General Election...and Romney is the only GOP candidate who can. So get over it!