factcheck.org - 8/14/2008
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The people in suits shown with McCain in an Obama ad are not lobbyists, as the narrator implies.
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
... In May, the McCain camp announced a new conflict-of-interest policy saying that no one working for the campaign could be a currently registered lobbyist. There are now former lobbyists in the campaign. When we asked the Obama camp about its use of an image lacking any actual lobbyists, former or otherwise, spokesman Tommy Vietor told us, "I think everyone knows which lobbyists are running his campaign." If so, everyone should also know they're not pictured in this ad. Source Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist ...
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Stop The ACLU —
... of them are Secret Service guys. The Washington Times’ Christina Bellantoni noted the discrepancy in the ad Aug. 11, identifying those pictured as, from left to right, “an unidentified Secret Service agent, eBay executive Meg Whitman, McCain, another Secret Service agent, traveling press aide Brooke Buchanan and Greg Wendt, a San Francisco Democrat and volunteer adviser who travels with McCain.” The McCain campaign confirms that those are the identities of the people pictured. More here Posted by ...
FactCheck.Org Catches Obama Ad Using Dishonest Images
Say Anything —
... points to a report from FactCheck.org on Obama’s ad on McCain’s “low road campaign”. The ad features McCain walking with a serious looking group of men that the voiceover announcer calls “lobbyists”. ...
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