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» Candidate/Organization: DSCC
» Other Candidates Mentioned: George Allen
» Year: 2006
» State: Virginia
» Race: Senate, District N/A (About This Race)
» Party: Democratic
» Funded by: Party
» Disseminations: TV, Web

Ad Content

» Cues: Cited sources, Military/Soldier
» Issues: anti-incumbent, Economy, Energy, Integrity, Minimum Wage, War (Iraq)
» Tone: Negative
» Types: Attack
» Music: Ominous
» Characters: Blue Collar Workers, Soldiers
» Narrator: Male
» Language: English

Analysis

By factcheck.org: The DSCC repeats some popular Democratic standbys from this ad season. Allen's "taken thousands from Big Oil" and given the industry "billions in tax breaks," we're told. Both are true – his campaign has received $158,850 in this election cycle from oil and gas companies, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, and he supported a Senate bill giving that industry tax breaks worth many billions over 10 years. Neither activity is illegal or unethical. The ad also claims that Allen "voted against additional body armor for those serving in Iraq," which is technically true but extremely misleading. More...