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Published: 08/12/09

AARP to President Obama: What You Were Saying Isn't So

By  Bob Franken - Politics Daily
AARP to President Obama: What You Were Saying Isn't So

Just as President Obama complains about the "misinformation" about health care proposals spewing from his opponents, one of his allies has caught him in some misinformation of his own.At his lovefest town-hall session in New Hampshire on Tuesday, the president denied charges he intends to cut Medicare benefits. "We are not," he said, "AARP would not be endorsing a bill if it was undermining Medicare. Okay?" ...

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Published: 08/6/09

Health Care Acronyms Spell Out the Truth

By  Bob Franken - Politics Daily
Health Care Acronyms Spell Out the Truth

Let's consider the acronym. No, it is not a city in Ohio. An acronym is a clever set of initials for the title of an organization or endeavor. Often, it's a clever set of initials in search of a cause. ...

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Published: 09/23/08

Obama's Health Care Claim Debunked

By  Mark Impomeni - Politics Daily
Obama's Health Care Claim Debunked

For the third consecutive day, the Obama campaign has been called out for distorting Sen. John McCain's position on an issue for political gain. Earlier this week, Factcheck.org called Sen. Obama's claim that McCain's support for private accounts within Social Security would have cost current retirees their savings, "untrue." McClatchy newspapers called Sen. Obama's attempt to tie McCain's historic support for deregulation to the financial turmoil on Wall Street, "wrong." Now, Factcheck.org returns to call Sen. Obama's most recent campaign advertisement on the Wall Street situation, ...

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Published: 09/21/08

Obama's Social Security Claim Debunked

By  Mark Impomeni - Politics Daily
Obama's Social Security Claim Debunked

Campaigning in Florida on Saturday, Sen. Barack Obama attempted to capitalize on last week's turmoil on Wall Street to take a shot at Sen. John McCain's plan for reforming Social Security. Obama told the assembled crowd in the senior citizen rich state that under McCain's plan for Social Security, senior citizens would have lost their benefits as a result of the troubled investment market."I'll protect Social Security, while John McCain wants to privatize it. Without Social Security half of elderly women would be living in poverty - half. But if my opponent had his way, the millions of ...

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