Swiftie Returns, Exposed by Fact Check

[Dr Ron]

From The Democratic Daily:
http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=2005

Known Liar Continues to Lie
Posted by Ron Chusid
February 20th, 2006 @ 5:37 pm

FactCheck has a report today about a pro-DeLay ad which they found misleading. It should come as no surprise that the ad was misleading. FactCheck says, “Tracking down the source of this ad was something of a chore.” When they did track down the source they found that:

the ad is being financed by a $200,000 donation from Houston homebuilder Bob Perry. As we reported in 2004, Perry was the main source of initial funding for Swift Boat Veterans for Truth at the time they launched their attack on the Vietnam War record of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

The full report is at FactCheck.org. Here’s their summary:

A newly formed conservative group is running a TV ad in Houston implying that liberal billionaire George Soros is “the source” of an earlier anti-DeLay ad by liberal groups. The pro-DeLay ad is somewhat misleading. Soros gave the liberal groups early funding two years ago, but there’s no evidence he funded the anti-DeLay ad.

However, the source of the pro-DeLay ad turns out to be a Houston homebuilder who gave $200,000 to air it, and who also was an early financier of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in the 2004 presidential campaign.