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This union is spending a ton to try to save a couple of Dem seats, and, they're not letting the truth get in their way.  No sir - not big labor.  They need to keep their guys in office, and if that takes lying - what's the big deal?!

AFSCME’s Big, Brazen Attack

Labor union spends a pretty penny on misleading ads against GOP House candidates in Michigan and Nevada.

September 1, 2010

Summary
The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees is spending more than $1.5 million on ads that attack Republican congressional candidates in Michigan and Nevada. The big ad buy from the labor union also comes with some grandiose — and misleading — claims:
•    An ad in Michigan says GOP candidate Tim Walberg cast votes that "helped burn down our economy." But the four Democratic-backed bills the ad cites all passed — regardless of how Walberg voted.
•    The ad also charges that Walberg "skipped out on a vote" to save auto industry jobs. He was in the hospital, recovering from surgery, when the House voted on, and easily passed, the automakers bailout bill.
•    In Nevada, an ad claims that Republican Joe Heck’s Social Security proposal "would have erased" a woman’s retirement. But Heck has called for voluntary private accounts, not forced "privatization" of the whole system.
•    Another ad makes the over-the-top charge that Heck is "dangerous to women," because of his Social Security idea and his opposition to a state bill to require insurance coverage of a cervical cancer vaccine. Heck opposed the bill, but it easily became law.
Both Republican candidates are running against freshman Democrats in the House.
Analysis
In Michigan’s 7th District, Republican Tim Walberg is running against Democratic Rep. Mark Schauer, who defeated Walberg in 2008. The race is a rematch for a seat Walberg used to hold — he won it in 2006.
AFSCME’s ad attacking the Republican is misleading — beginning with the central theme that Walberg’s "votes helped burn down our economy, damaging families and industries across Michigan." The ad cites four votes, but none of them support such a claim.
In fact, all four of the Democratic-sponsored bills passed in some version — with or without Walberg’s support. None of them has been tied to the nation’s deep economic problems.
http://www.factcheck.org/2010/09/afscmes-big-brazen-attack/