{"id":872,"date":"2008-10-28T21:36:12","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T01:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=872"},"modified":"2008-10-28T21:36:12","modified_gmt":"2008-10-29T01:36:12","slug":"heritage-foundation-to-barack-obama-please-stop-lying-about-our-postion-on-your-tax-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/28\/heritage-foundation-to-barack-obama-please-stop-lying-about-our-postion-on-your-tax-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Heritage Foundation to Barack Obama: Please Stop Lying About Our Postion On Your Tax Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heritage Foundation lawyer Alan P. Dye sent the following letter<\/a> to the Obama campaign requesting that they withdraw advertisements that misrepresent the opinion of the Heritage Foundation senior policy analyst Rea Hederman.<\/p>\n

Dear Senator Obama:<\/p>\n

Two recent campaign advertisements seriously misrepresent the views of my client, The Heritage Foundation. They suggest, quite falsely, that The Heritage Foundation and one of its analysts support your tax plan.<\/p>\n

The print ad on your Website as well as your ad entitled \u201cTry This\u201d reference a quote from policy analyst Rea Hederman. In fact, Mr. Hederman never said what is quoted there. Rather, the words you quote are from a New York Sun reporter who interviewed Mr. Hederman and summarized his views erroneously.<\/p>\n

That the reporter\u2019s summary is erroneous is evident from the actual quotes from Mr. Hederman presented in the article, which make it quite clear that Mr. Hederman believes your tax plan would be bad not only for the country, but for the middle class. By omitting the direct quotes from Heritage that are contained in the article and attributing to Heritage a conflicting statement not made by its analyst, the advertisement appears to be an intentional attempt to mislead.<\/p>\n

Surely there can be no doubt within your campaign as to how Heritage truly views your tax plan. When one of your economic advisors, Jeffrey Liebman, made this same misrepresentation in a September 4, 2008 letter to The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Hederman promptly sent a corrective and very public letter. It appeared in the September 16 issue of The Wall Street Journal under the title: \u201cA Bad Plan That Is Less Bad Is Still Not A Very Good Plan.\u201d In it, Mr. Hederman strenuously decried Mr. Liebman\u2019s blatant misrepresentation and set the record straight.<\/p>\n

The Heritage Foundation believes that your advertisements\u2019 use of its name is not only not a fair use of its intellectual property, but is an intentional attempt to mislead and misinform voters. As a responsible candidate, you should insist that your campaign cease to run these false advertisements immediately.<\/p>\n

Very truly yours,
\nAlan P. Dye<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read Rea Hederman’s analysis of Barack Obama’s tax proposals here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heritage Foundation lawyer Alan P. Dye sent the following letter to the Obama campaign requesting that they withdraw advertisements that misrepresent the opinion of the Heritage Foundation senior policy analyst Rea Hederman. Dear Senator Obama: Two recent campaign advertisements seriously misrepresent the views of my client, The Heritage Foundation. 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