Claim: David Axelrod's zeal to help President Obama win reelection has clouded his memory. In depicting the 2012 GOP primary as unusually nasty and harmful to the party's eventual nominee, Obama's senior campaign adviser falsely claimed "we mentioned Hillary Clinton twice in our advertising" during the 2008 campaign. With little effort, we found 10 such ads — five times what Axelrod claimed. In a March 6 interview with NBC's Brian Williams, Axelrod expressed shock at this year's GOP primary nastiness and recalled with fondness  the gentleness of the 2008 Democratic nominating process.
Fact-check: Axelrod's Hazy Memory of 2008 - FactCheck.org
Verdict: david axelrod's zeal to help president obama win reelection has clouded his memory. in depicting the 2012 gop primary as unusually nasty and harmful to the party's eventual nominee, obama's senior campaign adviser falsely claimed "we mentioned hillary clinton twice in our advertising" during the 2008 campaign. with little effort, we found 10 such ads — five times what axelrod claimed. in a march 6 interview with nbc's brian williams, axelrod expressed shock at this year's gop primary nastiness and recalled with fondness  the gentleness of the 2008 democratic nominating process.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Eugene Kiely
Date published: 2012-03-07T22:59:24