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Ad Watch: Here we go again – another McCain-Palin ad distorts Obama’s position on taxes

Chris Graham

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At some point, they’ll tell us the unvarnished truth. That point isn’t the release of “Dome,” another ad from the McCain-Palin campaign slammed by FactCheck.org as being untruthful.

“Obama and his liberal congressional allies want a massive government, billions in spending increases, wasteful pork. And, we would pay — painful income taxes, skyrocketing taxes on life savings, electricity and home heating oil. Can your family afford that?” an announcer informs us in the spot, which you can view at the bottom of this story.

“In what has become an ongoing theme, the McCain-Palin campaign has released yet another ad that makes false claims about Barack Obama’s tax plan,” writes Joe Miller at FactCheck.org in an item posted earlier today. “The ad, which was released on Sept. 18 and which the campaign says will air nationally, claims that Obama will raise income taxes and will tax ‘life savings, electricity and home heating oil.’ As we keep saying, Obama says he’ll raise income taxes and capital gains taxes only for couples earning more than $250,000 per year or singles making over $200,000. He has proposed no plans to raise taxes on either home heating oil or electricity.”

For more from the FactCheck.org breakdown, click here.

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Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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