Claim: A recent McCain-Palin ad titled "Patriotic Act" puts a new twist on some old false claims, then adds a misleading implication, just for good measure. Here's the ad: We can start with a list of what the ad does get right: Joe Biden did indeed say that paying taxes is patriotic. Actually, that's pretty much the whole list. The rest of the ad is mostly malarkey, starting with the implication that Biden called it patriotic for most Americans to pay taxes.
Fact-check: Biden's 'Patriotic Act' - FactCheck.org
Verdict: a recent mccain-palin ad titled "patriotic act" puts a new twist on some old false claims, then adds a misleading implication, just for good measure. here's the ad: we can start with a list of what the ad does get right: joe biden did indeed say that paying taxes is patriotic. actually, that's pretty much the whole list. the rest of the ad is mostly malarkey, starting with the implication that biden called it patriotic for most americans to pay taxes.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Joe Miller
Date published: 2008-09-23T18:30:42