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» Candidate/Organization: Moveon.org
» Year: 2006
» State: Indiana
» Race: House, District 2 (About This Race)
» Party: NP
» Funded by: Independent Group
» Disseminations: TV, Web

Ad Content

» Cues: Black and White, Music, Narrator
» Issues: anti-incumbent, Corruption, Integrity, War (Iraq)
» Tone: Negative
» Types: Attack, Emotional, Record
» Music: Ominous
» Narrator: Male
» Language: English

Analysis

By factcheck.org: MoveOn.org Political Action attacks several Republican House members in TV ads saying they were "caught red-handed" supporting money spent on Halliburton contracts and wasteful Iraq projects. But a majority of Democrats voted the same way on most of the same measures, usually overwhelmingly. MoveOn endorses one Democratic House member who voted the same way 10 out of 14 times, and two senators who voted for the same measures every time they reached a recorded vote in the Senate.

Another ad says the same Republicans were "caught red-handed" taking donations from military contractors while failing to support penalties for contractors who overcharge. In fact the donations were relatively small and MoveOn offers no evidence the votes were influenced by money. Furthermore severe penalties already exist for fraud against the Pentagon. What the targeted Republicans opposed were Democratic proposals to increase penalties. More...