Campaign Falsehoods Linger On

A recent study shows that campaign untruths stick with the electorate long afterward

By U.S. News Staff

December 18, 2008 RSS Feed Print
  • 40: Percent of Americans who believe McCain would keep troops in Iraq for 100 years
  • 52: Percent of Americans who believe Obama will raise taxes on most small businesses
  • 2 in 5: Americans who think that McCain planned to cut over $800 billion in Medicare payments
  • Nearly 1 in 5: Americans who believe Obama is a Muslim
  • 46: Percent of Americans who agree that Saddam Hussein played a role in 9/11

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Sources: FactCheck.org

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Barack Obama,
John McCain

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It is a sad commentary and not what the founders of this country ever had in mind. They lived in a society where voters were landowners and that meant they were smart, capable people. We live in a society where everyone thinks they're smart but most would rather watch Inside Edition than the news. How could anyone doubt that if the democrats had run Denzel Washington instead of Obama he would have won by an even larger margin? Bottom line - if they ever started giving a basic aptitude test to voters (similar to a citizenship test) there would never be another democrat elected president.

Er Duh of NY 7:35PM December 18, 2008

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