(from Fact Check)
A liberal group re-names itself and launches a $1-million ad campaign making dubious claims.
Summary
A liberal, labor-funded group calling itself Americans United for Change (previously Americans United to Preserve Social Security) is running a $1-million national advertising campaign that makes some dubious claims and tries to imply more than it can prove.
The one-minute ad attempts to link Bush’s recently signed energy legislation with high gasoline prices, and implies that former FEMA director Michael Brown was somehow linked to the Abramoff and DeLay scandals. It also assails Republicans for “cutting healthcare for our seniors,” ignoring the fact that Medicare is undergoing its largest expansion since it was enacted.
In fact, the new prescription drug benefit will provide an average, net benefit this year of $465 per person, according to an independent estimate by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The cuts the ad refers to will amount to less than a penny of every $3 over the next five years, according to projections by the Congressional Budget Office.
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I don’t give a shit who does it–“liberals” or “conservatives”–lying is lying.