FactCheck.org Gets Obama Energy Ad Wrong
How easily duped are the folks at FactCheck.org? Do they now know anything about election law? Do they not have any connections in D.C. to former FEC attorneys? They could have just called them up for clarification.
What am I talking about? This:
<blockquote>Much of the money given in June went to a joint fund-raising venture of the McCain campaign, the Republican National Committee and several state GOP committees, an unknown portion of which was passed through to the McCain campaign itself. The Post said its report was based on an analysis by the Public Campaign Action Fund, a group that advocates taxpayer financing of political campaigns. That group's Campaign Money Watch project released a report July 31, titled "It's a Gusher: As John McCain Fights For Big Oil, They Open Their Wallets." That report refers to $1.2 million that went to "McCain’s Victory ’08 Fund," a joint fundraising committee. The report does not say how much actually ended up in McCain's own campaign coffers and how much went to other Republican candidates and committees.</blockquote>
This money is all <b>for John McCain!</b> Ask anyone in politics. 100% of that money is going to John McCain. That's how these joint fundraising accounts work. That's the whole point of setting them up! It's not even some sort of legal fiction. It's specifically permitted. Ask any political fundraiser or big donor. Ask the campaigns, ask the FEC. Ask anyone!
Recommend so we can keep fact checking the fact checkers (and avoid pox on both of your houses type political coverage!). They have a duty to their readers to put out better work product than what they have done in this case. They should be honest and realistic, not overly superficial in their analysis of campaign financing.
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obamas_overstatement.html
http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/factcheck-org8
What am I talking about? This:
<blockquote>Much of the money given in June went to a joint fund-raising venture of the McCain campaign, the Republican National Committee and several state GOP committees, an unknown portion of which was passed through to the McCain campaign itself. The Post said its report was based on an analysis by the Public Campaign Action Fund, a group that advocates taxpayer financing of political campaigns. That group's Campaign Money Watch project released a report July 31, titled "It's a Gusher: As John McCain Fights For Big Oil, They Open Their Wallets." That report refers to $1.2 million that went to "McCain’s Victory ’08 Fund," a joint fundraising committee. The report does not say how much actually ended up in McCain's own campaign coffers and how much went to other Republican candidates and committees.</blockquote>
This money is all <b>for John McCain!</b> Ask anyone in politics. 100% of that money is going to John McCain. That's how these joint fundraising accounts work. That's the whole point of setting them up! It's not even some sort of legal fiction. It's specifically permitted. Ask any political fundraiser or big donor. Ask the campaigns, ask the FEC. Ask anyone!
Recommend so we can keep fact checking the fact checkers (and avoid pox on both of your houses type political coverage!). They have a duty to their readers to put out better work product than what they have done in this case. They should be honest and realistic, not overly superficial in their analysis of campaign financing.
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obamas_overstatement.html
http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/factcheck-org8
