Debacle Debate
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Josh Marshall reviews the S. C. Democratic debate here:
Fact Check dot org reviews the claims:
- Clinton falsely accused Obama of saying he “really liked the ideas of the Republicans” including private Social Security accounts and deficit spending. Not true. The entire 49-minute interview to which she refers contains no endorsement of private Social Security accounts or deficit spending, and Obama specifically scorned GOP calls for tax cuts.
- Obama falsely denied endorsing single-payer government health insurance when he first ran for the Senate, saying, “I never said that we should try to go ahead and get single-payer.” But in fact he gave a speech in 2003 saying, “I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer health care program.”
- Edwards misleadingly claimed, “I was the one who beat John McCain” in a recent CNN poll. The problem is that there is a more recent CNN poll, one that shows either Clinton or Obama beating McCain and doesn’t include Edwards.
Hillary Clinton’s quick moves to hit below the belt gives me the willies.
January 22, 2008 at 10:44 pm
I was wondering what was taking her so long to play the Tony Rezko card.
January 23, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Yeah, well. It’s quite in line with her character.
But if it’s a choice between her and a Republican, she still gets my vote.