Friday, October 03, 2008

Senator Joe Biden's 14 Lies

McCain’s blogger-in-chief Michael Goldfarb chronicled the 14 lies

Joe Biden's 14 Lies
1. TAX VOTE: Biden said McCain voted “the exact same way” as Obama to increase taxes on Americans earning just $42,000, but McCain DID NOT VOTE THAT WAY.
2. AHMEDINIJAD MEETING: Joe Biden lied when he said that Barack Obama never said that he would sit down unconditionally with Mahmoud Ahmedinijad of Iran. Barack Obama did say specifically, and Joe Biden attacked him for it.
3. OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING: Biden said, “Drill we must.” But Biden has opposed offshore drilling and even compared offshore drilling to “raping” the Outer Continental Shelf.”
4. TROOP FUNDING: Joe Biden lied when he indicated that John McCain and Barack Obama voted the same way against funding the troops in the field. John McCain opposed a bill that included a timeline, that the President of the United States had already said he would veto regardless of it’s passage.
5. OPPOSING CLEAN COAL: Biden says he’s always been for clean coal, but he just told a voter that he is against clean coal and any new coal plants in America and has a record of voting against clean coal and coal in the U.S. Senate.
6. ALERNATIVE ENERGY VOTES: According to FactCheck.org, Biden is exaggerating and overstating John McCain’s record voting for alternative energy when he says he voted against it 23 times.
7. HEALTH INSURANCE: Biden falsely said McCain will raise taxes on people's health insurance coverage -- they get a tax credit to offset any tax hike. Independent fact checkers have confirmed this attack is false
8. OIL TAXES: Biden falsely said Palin supported a windfall profits tax in Alaska -- she reformed the state tax and revenue system, it's not a windfall profits tax.
9. AFGHANISTAN / GEN. MCKIERNAN COMMENTS: Biden said that top military commander in Iraq said the principles of the surge could not be applied to Afghanistan, but the commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force Gen. David D. McKiernan said that there were principles of the surge strategy, including working with tribes, that could be applied in Afghanistan.
10. REGULATION: Biden falsely said McCain weakened regulation -- he actually called for more regulation on Fannie and Freddie.
11. IRAQ: When Joe Biden lied when he said that John McCain was “dead wrong on Iraq”, because Joe Biden shared the same vote to authorize the war and differed on the surge strategy where they John McCain has been proven right.
12. TAX INCREASES: Biden said Americans earning less than $250,000 wouldn’t see higher taxes, but the Obama-Biden tax plan would raise taxes on individuals making $200,000 or more.
13. BAILOUT: Biden said the economic rescue legislation matches the four principles that Obama laid out, but in reality it doesn’t meet two of the four principles that Obama outlined on Sept. 19, which were that it include an emergency economic stimulus package, and that it be part of “part of a globally coordinated effort with our partners in the G-20.”
14. REAGAN TAX RATES: Biden is wrong in saying that under Obama, Americans won't pay any more in taxes then they did under Reagan.
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Kevin McCullough sees a few more here.

12 comments:

Stella by Starlight said...

...the number of lies the Bush Administration told us...?

;-)

BostonMaggie said...

The easiest answer here is .....

Bush isn't running for President.

Stella by Starlight said...

LMAO! Great response.

Stella by Starlight said...

Hi Maggie. I think you might enjoy this site.

BostonMaggie said...

That's a good link. I have been there and always get a good giggle out of "pants on fire".

Vigilante said...

Bush isn't running for President. But McBush is and was with Busheney every step of the way.

BostonMaggie said...

McCain's his own man. Always has been. You can keep beating your head against that wall if you want. It doesn't sway me. Hopefully it won't sway anyone else since it's a false charge.

Vigilante said...

The record clearly shows that I have my head above the wall. You victory-monkeys have your heads down so low you can't even focus on what's written on the wall.

BostonMaggie said...

That's right of course, you are soooooo smart and I am just a mindless "victory-monkey".

Victory is such a bad thing. It's bad to want to win. It's bad to passionately believe that one course of action is right and fight for it.

Lucky for you McCain is white, otherwise I could throw the flag on the monkey comment, lol.

So condescending.....thanks for stopping by!

Stella by Starlight said...

Am I going to have to send you two to your rooms?

BostonMaggie said...

He started it.

Vigilante said...

Tattle-tale