Monday, October 09, 2006

TRACKING OUTRIGHT LIES BY AND FOR REPUBLICANS

TAXES

"We also saw last week the man that, if the Democrats were in control, would be chairman of the Ways and Means Committee saying you would get across-the-board tax increases..."
OUTRIGHT LIE BY Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman, October 6, 2006 Fox News Your World with Neil Cavuto

ACTUAL TRUTH Would-be chairman of the Ways and Means Committee Charley Rangal actually said the opposite ON THE SAME SHOW Sept. 26th:

CAVUTO: Would any of the taxes that the president cut -- just income taxes -- be raised or be looked at being raised under Democrats, even in -- on the upper income, the 35 percent rate, maybe bring it back to 39.5 percent?

REP. RANGEL: We don't bring anything back. We would not raise taxes. We would not roll back. The president has -- had allowed these things to expire in 2010. I think -- and I would not advocate or support a retroactive increase in taxes.

Cavuto did not challenge Mehlman on October 6th.

Lies, lies, lies...they can't win without 'em.

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