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In September of 2004, Farnaz Fassihi, an Iranian American journalist for the Wall Street Journal, sent a private email to family and friends that described the situation in Iraq. She wrote, One could argue that Iraq is already lost beyond salvation. For those of us on the ground it's hard to imagine what, if anything, could salvage it from its violent downward spiral. Her new book is Waiting for an Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life in Iraq. Presidential campaigns can get a little ugly. There's a lot of 'facts' being bandied about by both candidates these days. But what's really true? We've asked Viveca Novak from factcheck.org to help us sort out the whoppers from the zingers.

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Brian Deese, a campaign policy advisor, returns to rebut the false claims to which John McCain resorts in his latest ad "Taxman". Author: BarackObamadotcom Keywords: barack obama factcheck facts John McCain Smear Lie Tax Economy Added: August 15, 2008

Brian Deese, a campaign policy advisor, refutes the various deceptions that John McCain is using to attack Barack Obama.

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This week, we couldn't choose between a misleading Obama ad or a new Spam Alert. So we're bringing you both.

Obama's skin tone in a Clinton ad is called into question.

I don t understand. I wrote a book. It was 1/5 as long as Tenet s. I didn t have a team of writers helping me. I didn t get a $4 million deal. Yet, I believe that all of the facts in my book (A Letter to American: Is President Bush Leading Us in the Right Direction?) are correct. How do you open your book with a story about Richard Perle and not check to make sure that you have the right date? You are the former Director of the CIA for Christ sake!! You are supposed to get your facts correct! The intellectual laziness is unforgivable. He knew that the neocons were going to attack this book. He had to get his facts right but in the very first chapter he fumbled the ball. It makes me want to scream!!!  (Think Progess has the evidence that Richard Perle was pushing a war with Iraq soon after 9/11. They checked the facts.) 9 11, Bill kristol, director of the cia, fact check, george tenet, neocons, richard perle Download More Tenet