May 03, 2010 10:22 am ET filed under Blog
Gov. Crist's Dizzying Stance On Offshore Drilling
April 30, 2010 12:08 pm ET filed under Blog
Gov. Crist Can Prove His Independence By Vetoing Invasive Abortion Bill
April 19, 2010 12:38 pm ET filed under Blog
Another Republican Nod To The Confederacy?
April 07, 2010 5:04 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Gov. Barbour Repeats "16,000 IRS Agents" Lie
In recent weeks, conservatives have spread the false claim that the federal government will hire "16,000 new IRS agents" -- or a "health gestapo" -- to enforce the Affordable Care Act. Today on Fox News, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour became the latest Republican official to repeat this blatant lie, which has been thoroughly refuted by independent fact checkers.
February 19, 2010 2:26 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Gov. Pawlenty Spreads Debunked 'Teleprompter in a Classroom' Tale
During his address to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty repeated the debunked online rumor that President Obama used a teleprompter while speaking to children in a classroom. FactCheck.org evaluated the claim and concluded, "he did not use a teleprompter."
January 11, 2010 11:44 am ET filed under Blog
Gov. Schwarzenegger Hypocritically Criticized Health Care Bill For Containing Special Funding
November 19, 2009 6:00 pm ET filed under Blog
Gov. Barbour Refuses To Call Palin "Qualified" To Be President
October 06, 2009 4:48 pm ET filed under Blog
Does Gov. Jindal Back Democratic Reform Proposals?
September 11, 2009 1:11 pm ET filed under Blog
Once Again, Gov. Jindal Touts Stimulus Money He Criticized
Gov. Jindal is exploiting economic hardship to pad his political resume. First, he attempted to establish his conservative bona fides by criticizing federal spending favored by Democrats. Now he is embracing that very same spending in order to look like a hero to those in his state.
June 02, 2009 5:15 pm ET filed under Fact Check
A Quick Refresher On Gov. Tim Pawlenty
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's announcement that he won't run for a third term has turned a lot of heads. In order to help quench this newfound thirst for information on Gov. Pawlenty, Media Matters Action Network has compiled a quick overview of his record as Governor.
May 29, 2009 6:37 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Gov. Mitch Daniels: Wrong On Cap-And-Trade
In the Republican radio address set to air on Saturday May 30th, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels repeats numerous debunked GOP talking points.
May 27, 2009 6:34 pm ET filed under Blog
Trouble In Paradise: Club For Growth Whacks Charlie Crist
In yet another division within the Republican party's ever-shrinking tent, the ultra-conservative Club for Growth attacked Florida Governor Charlie Crist for breaking his "no new taxes" pledge.
May 15, 2009 12:54 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Gov. Mitch Daniels: Wrong On Energy
On May 15, 2009, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal criticizing the American Clean Energy and Security Act. Despite the series of misleading criticisms, the most striking feature of the op-ed is that Gov. Daniels' intentionally neglected to mention "the largest scientific and economic questions." Why? Because he's on the wrong side of the issue.
April 20, 2009 12:26 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Gov. Rick Perry and the Secessionists
Washington, DC - Today, Media Matters Action Network released a memo outlining Texas Governor Rick Perry's ties to a Texas secessionist group whose former leaders are responsible for numerous acts of domestic terrorism. "From bomb threats, to kidnapping, to planning attacks using biological weapons, the Texas Nationalist Movement has a long violent history that cannot be ignored," Media Matters Action Network Managing Director Ari Rabin-Havt said. "Governor Perry should be ashamed of his association with these domestic terrorists."
