Personal Attacks
A closer look at the discredited author behind the latest smear on the PresidentRead More
Conservative author Ed Klein is releasing a new, illegitimate "biography" of President Obama.
Here’s what you need to know about the discredited author and his attempts to smear political figures.
Romney fails on the facts when it comes to the President’s vacation daysRead More
Mitt Romney is misleading Americans with a false attack about President Obama's vacations days.
Not only is Romney mischaracterizing the President’s record, he’s ignoring his own record.
Gingrich revives false Alinsky attackRead More
Newt Gingrich has been reviving an old attack line that was already discredited back in the 2008 campaign.
Maybe Gingrich wasn’t listening four years ago when the allegation’s dishonesty was revealed. The President was only 10 years old when Alinsky died, and Gerald Kellman, the man who hired him in Chicago, has repeatedly made it clear that the President disagreed with Alinsky’s organizing tactics.
Misrepresenting the First Lady’s wordsRead More
In her new book, “The Obamas,” New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor falsely portrays First Lady Michelle Obama as having shown antipathy toward Chicago political families.
But those words are not the First Lady’s words—they are Jodi Kantor’s alone.
Romney’s history lessonRead More
Four years after President Obama’s historic victory in the Iowa caucuses, here’s a look at the promises then-Senator Obama made during his victory speech that night—and how he’s delivered on them since:
Romney’s deceitful historyRead More
Setting the tone for the rest of his 2012 presidential run, Mitt Romney's first television ad of the season misrepresents a John McCain campaign adviser's quote as the views of President Obama.
What Romney’s ad fails to clarify: the President wasn’t expressing a sentiment of his own. Rather, he was quoting one of McCain’s advisers—a fact that would have been evident had the Romney campaign elected to include the President’s full sentence.
Unfounded attacks on the First Lady and her recordRead More
Conservative pundits are targeting First Lady Michelle Obama -- distorting her words and hurling accusations to revive tired and debunked attacks, with the goal to distract from her many accomplishments.
These articles use unsubstantiated claims and misleading quotes to try to paint a caricature of the First Lady—one that just doesn’t hold up against the truth and her record of work on behalf of our troops, their families, and kids across the country.