Claim: The Bush-Cheney campaign released a television ad August 23 accusing Kerry of casting "98 votes for tax increases." The number is an improvement on Bush's earlier claim that Kerry cast 350 votes for "higher taxes," which we described as inflated. But even the new, reduced total is padded.
Fact-check: Bush Still Fudging the Numbers on Kerry's Tax Votes - FactCheck.org
Verdict: the bush-cheney campaign released a television ad august 23 accusing kerry of casting "98 votes for tax increases." the number is an improvement on bush's earlier claim that kerry cast 350 votes for "higher taxes," which we described as inflated. but even the new, reduced total is padded.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Brooks Jackson
Date published: 2004-08-30T08:00:00