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Republican Lies, Smears, Deception & Misleading Statements

Major Republican Lies & Smear Campaigns

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Year	Lie or Smear	Summary
2010		Bush tax cuts spurred economy
2010	NYC Mosque	Conservatives never attacked muslims religious freedom
2010	Black Panther Dismissal case	DOJ improperly dismissed voter-intimidation charges against Black Panthers
2010	Obama Anti-Constitution	Obama is trying to repeal the Constitution
2010	Obama oil spill efforts	Obama has done little or nothing to help clean up the Gulf spill
2010	Kagan Myths	Kagan is out to undermine the constitution
2010	Financial Reform Bailouts	Obama's Financial Reform Bill Will Set Up Permanent Bailouts
2010	Obamacare abortion funds	Obamacare funds abortions
2009	Climategate	Scientists falsified evidence to support global warming
2009	Kevin Jennings Statutory Rape Smear	Obama Aide Kevin Jennings did not Report a Statutory Rape back in 1988
2009	Health Care Euthanasia	2009 Health Care Reform Bill Forces or Promotes Euthenasia for Elderly
2008	Stimulus Plan Ineffective	Economic Stimulus did not work
2008	Obama Birther Conspiracy Theory	Obama was not born in the United States
2007	Barack Obama Muslim Conspiracy Theory	Barack Obama is a Muslim
2002	Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction	Iraq has Weapons of Mass Destruction
2001	Iraq-Al Qaeda Connection	Iraq linked to Al-Qaeda and/or 9/11 Attacks

Individual Republican Lies, Smears or Misleading Statements

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Date	Misinformer	Misinformation About	Type	Source	Location

09/24/10	Sean Hannity	Global Warming	Major Lie	Commentary	Hannity
	Major Lie: Climategate: Sean Hannity claims that stolen emails of scientists prove that climate change is a hoax. NASA scientists have looked at the emails and say that there is no evidence of any hoax about climate change.
08/24/10	Glenn Beck	Racism	Misleading	Spoken	Fox & Friends
	Glenn Beck falsely claimed that Daisy Khan, the wife of the imam who is spearheading the Park51 project, said that "all Americans hate Muslims." In fact, while discussing the strident opposition to the center, Khan said that hatred for Muslims in America is a cause for concern.
08/23/10	Glenn Beck	Religion	Coverup	Spoken	Glenn Beck TV Program
	Beck purports to show (and then dismisses) the "damning, gotcha evidence" from the 2006 interview, but he actually excises a key moment from the video. In addition to appearing to endorse Sawyer's characterization of the distinction between Rauf and extremists, Beck later appeared to gesture to Rauf when Beck invoked the idea of "good Muslims." Beck left this part of the exchange out of the video he aired tonight and didn't mention it during his televised response.
08/20/10	WorldNetDaily	Barack Obama	Smear	Blog\Article	WorldNetDaily
	Major Lie: Barack Obama Muslim Conspiracy Theory: The author of this article argues that the "lion's share of the blame" for the rumor that Obama is a Muslim lies with Obama himself. In reality, Obama has made it perfectly clear that he is a Christian.
08/17/10	WorldNetDaily	Barack Obama	Major Lie	Written	WorldNetDaily
	Major Lie: Barack Obama Muslim Conspiracy Theory: WorldNetDaily is trying to argue that Obama is a Muslim because he is defending the plans to build a community center run by Muslims near the site of the World Trade Center Towers.
08/17/10	Rush Limbaugh		Major Lie	Spoken	Rush Limbaugh Show
	Limbaugh accuses "fake media" of perpetrating a "phony catastrophe" in the Gulf
08/17/10	Glenn Beck		Lie	Speech	Fox & Friends
	Glenn Beck falsely claimed that President Obama wants to rescind a Bush-era regulation so that "doctors can't refuse to" perform abortions. In fact, even without the regulation -- which was approved in December 2008 -- federal law prohibits public officials from requiring recipients of public funds to perform abortions.
08/17/10	Orly Taitz	Barack Obama	Smear	Written	Filed in a Motion to the Supreme Court
	Orly Taitz, one of the main lawyers trying to get the Obama Birther Conspiracy tried in court, is trying a new angle and saying that Obama has falsified his passport. She claims this is further proof that Obama is not a natural born citizen, and has filed another motion with the Supreme Court.
08/16/10	Peter Johnson		Coverup	Spoken	Fox & Friends
	"I don't think anyone is talking about" restricting "the free exercise and practice of religion." On the August 16 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Peter Johnson Jr. discussed Obama's comments and stated of opposition to the planned Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan: "Clearly, there's an unassailable, black-letter, red-line rule in American thought and American constitutional history about the free exercise and practice of religion. I don't think anyone is talking about that. But
08/16/10	Glenn Beck	Freedom of Religion	Misleading	Spoken	Fox News
	"There is no constitutional argument over whether Muslims have the right to practice their religion." On the August 16 edition of his Fox News show, Beck criticized President Obama's statement in favor of the "right that people have" to build a mosque where they choose, claiming that "there is no constitutional argument over whether Muslims have the right to practice their religion." Beck continued: That's ridiculous. It's America. We all have a right to follow God and build our houses
08/16/10	Charles Krauthammer		Misleading	Spoken	Fox News
	"We all agree on the legality" of building the center. On the August 16 edition of Fox News' Special Report, contributor Charles Krauthammer commented on President Obama's statement "addressing the legality of" building the Islamic cultural center. Krauthammer claimed that in fact, Obama was "not addressing anything" because "[w]e all agree on the legality. It's the propriety, the decency of this" that matters.
08/16/10	Bill O'Reilly	Freedom of Religion	Misleading	Spoken	O'Reilly Factor
	"President Obama is framing this as a freedom of religion deal, but that's not what this is about." On the August 16 edition of The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly claimed that "President Obama is framing this as a freedom of religion deal, but that's not what it's about." O'Reilly added, "this is not about legalisms, it's about sensitivity towards thousands of Americans who lost loved ones in the 9-11 attack."
08/16/10	Sarah Palin	Freedom of Religion	Misleading	Spoken	On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, Fox News
	"Nobody argues that freedom of religion that the Muslims have to build that mosque somewhere." On the August 16 edition of On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, Fox News contributor Sarah Palin claimed that "[n]obody argues that freedom of religion that the Muslims have to build that mosque somewhere." Palin then argued that "there are a hundred mosques already in New York" and that "to chose and be so adamant about this exact location, just a block or two away from 9-11, again, is that kn
08/16/10	Rick Santorum	Freedom of Religion	Misleading	Spoken	Fox News
	"This has nothing to do with someone's right to build a mosque." Also on the August 16 edition of On the Record, Fox News contributor Rick Santorum suggested that the debate over the proposed Islamic center "has nothing to do with someone's right to build a mosque." Santorum continued by saying that "we have religious freedom in this country, and as long as you comport with the zoning laws, you can build a mosque." He later claimed that "if this was an affront to our unshakable belief in rel
08/16/10	Newt Gingrich	Freedom of Religion	Coverup	Spoken	Fox News
	"Nazis don't have a right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust museum" ... "There's no reason for us to accept a mosque next to the World Trade Center." On the August 16 edition of Fox & Friends, Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich said that "[p]eople have the right to free religion if they want it. I've said it openly, if they want to build this mosque in the South Bronx, I'm all for it." He later stated: "Nazis don't have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust museum in Washingt
08/13/10	Pamela Geller	Freedom of Religion	Misleading	Blog\Article	Blog Post
	"No one has suggested abridging the first amendment to stop the mosque." In an August 13 blog post, Pamela Geller wrote: "Obama knows this is not about religious liberty. No one has suggested abridging the first amendment to stop the mosque. There are hundreds of mosques in New York, thousands in America. This is not a religious issue. This is a national security issue."
08/11/10	Nathan Deal	Barack Obama	Misleading	Written	In an online chat interview.
	Major Lie: Obama Birther Conspiracy Theory: Nathan Deal dabbled in the Obama Birther conspiracy. He joined some other congressmen in asking Obama to produce a birth certificate.
08/11/10	Glenn Beck		Lie	Spoken	Fox & Friends
	Glenn Beck falsely claimed that Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is heading efforts to build a community center in New York, currently "employs" an imam who blamed "the Jews" for 9-11; in fact, the imam resigned in 2001 prior to making those comments. Beck also absurdly claimed Rauf was "connected to Hamas" and attacked Rauf for making comments about the 9-11 attacks that are strikingly similar to comments Beck himself made in April.
08/10/10	Bob Bennett		Major Lie	Spoken
	On Fox & Friends, Glenn Beck falsely suggested that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are changing their lending rules so that they may "lower the mortgage so you don't have to worry about being upside-down," which Beck claimed represents "the intentional destruction of our country." In fact, Beck's suggestion is based on "rumors" that the Obama administration is considering allowing Fannie and Freddie to make this change, and the Treasury Department has flatly denied these "rumors."
08/10/10	Glenn Beck		Major Lie	Spoken	Fox & Friends
	Beck repeats falsehood that Ground Zero "mosque" is scheduled to be dedicated on September 11. It is not going to be open for many more months.