Joe
Biden Lies 14 Times During Debate...
Each
time Senator Biden was on his heels, he
looked directly into the camera and lied
-- more than a dozen times by our
count. He lied about John McCain's
record, his own record, and Barak
Obama's dangerous policies. Governor
Palin showed the American people tonight
why a McCain-Palin Administration will
bring real reform, leadership, and
straight talk to Washington." --Tucker
Bounds, spokesman McCain-Palin 2008
1. TAX VOTE:
Biden said McCain voted "the
exact same way" as Obama to increase
taxes on Americans earning just
$42,000, but McCain DID NOT VOTE
THAT WAY.
2. AHMEDINIJAD
MEETING: Joe Biden lied when
he said that Barack Obama never said
that he would sit down
unconditionally with Mahmoud
Ahmedinijad of Iran. Barack Obama
did say specifically, and Joe Biden
attacked him for it.
3. OFFSHORE
OIL DRILLING: Biden said,
"Drill we must." But Biden has
opposed offshore drilling and even
compared offshore drilling to
"raping" the Outer Continental
Shelf."
4. TROOP
FUNDING: Joe Biden lied when
he indicated that John McCain and
Barack Obama voted the same way
against funding the troops in the
field. John McCain opposed a bill
that included a timeline, that the
President of the United States had
already said he would veto
regardless of it's passage.
5. OPPOSING
CLEAN COAL: Biden says he's
always been for clean coal, but he
just told a voter that he is against
clean coal and any new coal plants
in America and has a record of
voting against clean coal and coal
in the U.S. Senate.
6. ALERNATIVE
ENERGY VOTES: According to
FactCheck.org, Biden is exaggerating
and overstating John McCain's record
voting for alternative energy when
he says he voted against it 23
times.
7. HEALTH
INSURANCE: Biden falsely said
McCain will raise taxes on people's
health insurance coverage -- they
get a tax credit to offset any tax
hike. Independent fact checkers have
confirmed this attack is false
8. OIL TAXES:
Biden falsely said Palin supported a
windfall profits tax in Alaska --
she reformed the state tax and
revenue system, it's not a windfall
profits tax.
9. AFGHANISTAN
/ GEN. MCKIERNAN COMMENTS:
Biden said that top military
commander in Iraq said the
principles of the surge could not be
applied to Afghanistan, but the
commander of NATO's International
Security Assistance Force Gen. David
D. McKiernan said that there were
principles of the surge strategy,
including working with tribes, that
could be applied in Afghanistan.
10.
REGULATION: Biden falsely
said McCain weakened regulation --
he actually called for more
regulation on Fannie and Freddie.
11. IRAQ:
When Joe Biden lied when he said
that John McCain was "dead wrong on
Iraq", because Joe Biden shared the
same vote to authorize the war and
differed on the surge strategy where
they John McCain has been proven
right.
12. TAX
INCREASES: Biden said
Americans earning less than $250,000
wouldn't see higher taxes, but the
Obama-Biden tax plan would raise
taxes on individuals making $200,000
or more.
13. BAILOUT:
Biden said the economic
rescue legislation matches the four
principles that Obama laid out, but
in reality it doesn't meet two of
the four principles that Obama
outlined on Sept. 19, which were
that it include an emergency
economic stimulus package, and that
it be part of "part of a globally
coordinated effort with our partners
in the G-20."
14.
REAGAN TAX
RATES: Biden is wrong in
saying that under Obama, Americans
won't pay any more in taxes then
they did under Reagan.
Source:
www.johnmccain.com
