of course, it's not the only lie Obama has told this cycle, but it's nice to see him get called on it. . [rquoter] The Heritage Foundation today asked Barack Obama to immediately pull two ads that misrepresent the views of Heritage’s Rea Hederman. The campaign has released a 30-second TV ad with false information and repeats it on the campaign website. The following letter was sent by Heritage lawyer Alan P. Dye to the Obama campaign. Dear Senator Obama: Two recent campaign advertisements seriously misrepresent the views of my client, The Heritage Foundation. They suggest, quite falsely, that The Heritage Foundation and one of its analysts support your tax plan. The print ad on your Website as well as your ad entitled “Try This” reference a quote from policy analyst Rea Hederman. In fact, Mr. Hederman never said what is quoted there. Rather, the words you quote are from a New York Sun reporter who interviewed Mr. Hederman and summarized his views erroneously. That the reporter’s summary is erroneous is evident from the actual quotes from Mr. Hederman presented in the article, which make it quite clear that Mr. Hederman believes your tax plan would be bad not only for the country, but for the middle class. By omitting the direct quotes from Heritage that are contained in the article and attributing to Heritage a conflicting statement not made by its analyst, the advertisement appears to be an intentional attempt to mislead. Surely there can be no doubt within your campaign as to how Heritage truly views your tax plan. When one of your economic advisors, Jeffrey Liebman, made this same misrepresentation in a September 4, 2008 letter to The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Hederman promptly sent a corrective and very public letter. It appeared in the September 16 issue of The Wall Street Journal under the title: “A Bad Plan That Is Less Bad Is Still Not A Very Good Plan.” In it, Mr. Hederman strenuously decried Mr. Liebman’s blatant misrepresentation and set the record straight. The Heritage Foundation believes that your advertisements’ use of its name is not only not a fair use of its intellectual property, but is an intentional attempt to mislead and misinform voters. As a responsible candidate, you should insist that your campaign cease to run these false advertisements immediately. Very truly yours, Alan P. Dye[/rquoter]
Obama to right-wing think tank full of discredited, soon-to-be irrelevant douchebags who were responsible for the last 8 years of failure: DEEZ NUTZ
Nothing funnier than conservatives complaining about misleading information being put out by the Democrats. Thank goodness the McCain campaign and republicans have never done that
If the ad says the Heritage Foundation supports his tax plan, and it doesn't, then he should remove the reference or stop the ad.
Obama has been attempting to recast himself from his true, socialist, anti-American roots to a more acceptable product that doesn't give middle America indigestion. He will say or do anything over a campaign to trick people and to divert their attention away from his very troubling past. The list of close confidants that he has thrown under the bus is lengthy. The man is just a liar and a fraud. He's a marketing creation. He's far too risky to elect during these times. This latest lie just underscores the point.
McCain has been flip flopping more than anyone I can recall in all of my years of following politics....I refuse to believe that you are actually as unintelligent as your posting style suggests. DD
TJ, here's what you would consider fresh new damning evidence about Democrats... Please feel free to use this in any dishonest way you'd like.
Is there a way to flag all threads begun by basso, Faos, BigTex and TJ so I can see them more easily and know to skip them? All this disgruntled forum filibustering is preventing me from getting to the posts I came here for in the first place... The SFW Palin Porno Teaser!
Oh please. Police your own and clean up your own house first. And yes, there's a simple way...use the IGNORE feature...please.
Agree. It looks pretty straightforward, if Obama is saying Heritage is saying something they are not. It's ridiculous for people to come here and say Heritage is a joke or basso is a joke or "but Republicans do it too!" Those may all be true and it still wouldn't make a false attribution right.
1. I don't start pointless threads. 2. I don't need to resort to bitterness, because the majority people have had enough of these minor issues to distract from the major problems and will vote accordingly. 3. Good idea on the last point. Done, and done.
