[Peace-discuss] Misleader.org: Tracking Bush's False Statements (fwd)

[patton paul]

Moveon.org has launched a new website and e-mail service called
Misleader.org that has taken on the massive task of chronicling
Bush's lies and misleading statements.
-Paul P.

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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:24:52 -0700
From: "Eli Pariser, MoveOn.org" <moveon-help at list.moveon.org>
To: Paul Patton <ppatton at uiuc.edu>
Subject: Misleader.org: Tracking Bush's False Statements

Dear MoveOn member,

The President says things that are misleading or just plain wrong
every day, but most of these statements are never challenged. That's
why we're launching Misleader.org, a new website and free daily email
service for journalists and the general public to track George Bush's
false statements.

You can sign up right now at:
http://www.misleader.org/?email=ppatton@uiuc.edu

The daily dispatches will take a "Just the Facts, Ma'am" approach --
no rhetoric, just a couple of paragraphs we'll email each morning on
what the President said and why it was misleading or untrue.  It's our
hope that by doing some of the research for the press corps, we can
ensure better coverage of President Bush's lies.  If you know
someone who could use this kind of information, please point him or
her to the site.

To launch the site, we've taken out a full page ad in the New York
Times titled "Mis-State of the Union."  The ad reveals how the
President mislead the nation in his State of the Union speech --
not just on Iraq, but on the economy, the environment, and other
important issues.  You can check the ad out at:
http://www.misleader.org/pdf/nyt_ad.pdf

Here are a few juicy tidbits from our New York Times ad:

ON TAX CUTS:
George Bush: "The tax relief is for everyone who pays income
taxes...Americans will keep, this year, an average of almost $1,000
more of their own money."
The Truth: Nearly half of all taxpayers get less than $100. And 31% of
all taxpayers get nothing at all.

ON JOBS:
George Bush: "Our first goal is...an economy that grows fast enough to
employ every man and woman who seeks a job."
The Truth: Bush is the first President since Hoover to preside over an
economy that has lost jobs, not created them - more than 2.9 million
since 2001.

ON THE ENVIRONMENT:
George Bush: "[My] Clear Skies legislation...mandates a 70% cut in air
pollution from power plants over the next 15 years."
The Truth: The Bush plan will allow more than 100,000 additional
premature deaths by 2020 than alternative legislation developed by the
Environmental Protection Agency. The plan does not regulate carbon
emissions and allows far more sulfur and mercury emissions.

ON EDUCATION:
George Bush: "[W]e achieved historic education reform - which must now
be carried out in every school and in every classroom."
The Truth: Bush cut $8 billion from the promised funds for education.

If you'd like to receive a daily email with content like this, you can
sign up right now at:
http://www.misleader.org/?email=ppatton@uiuc.edu

When Bush was running for President, he said, "I believe everyone
should be held responsible for their own personal behavior."  We
agree.  The President has repeatedly mislead the country.  Now it's
time for Americans and the press to hold him responsible.

Sincerely,
--Carrie, Eli, Joan, Noah, Peter, Wes, and Zack
  The MoveOn Team
  September 15th, 2003

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