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» Candidate/Organization: RNC
» Other Candidates Mentioned: Dick Durbin, Harry Reid, Howard Dean, John Kerry, John Murtha
» Year: 2006
» States: None
» Race: National Campaign
» Party: Republican
» Funded by: Party
» Disseminations: Web

Ad Content

» Cues: On-screen Writing
» Issues: National Defense, War on Terror
» Tone: Negative
» Types: Attack
» Music: Ominous
» Narrator: No
» Language: English

Analysis

By factcheck.org: The Republican National Committee's latest Internet ad says "the facts speak for themselves," but it twists a few of them.

It rewrites history when it claims Republicans "created the Department of Homeland Security," which the White House actually resisted for nearly nine months before giving in to bipartisan pressure. It gives Republicans credit for a law reorganizing intelligence agencies, which actually passed the House with more Democratic votes than Republican.

The video twists the words of prominent Democrats when it says they are "against terrorist surveillance" and "against terrorist interrogation," when what they are actually saying in the ad is that they are against illegal eavesdropping and against abusing prisoners.

It says Democrats are "against the Patriot Act," and many are, but the fact is most Democratic senators voted for reauthorizing it earlier this year after demanding and getting some civil-rights protections. More...