The Heritage Foundation has written to the Obama campaign and asked them to withdraw an ad that erroneously claims the think tank’s support for his tax plan:
The print ad on your Website as well as your ad entitled “Try This” 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… 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: “A Bad Plan That Is Less Bad Is Still Not A Very Good Plan.” In it, Mr. Hederman strenuously decried Mr. Liebman’s blatant misrepresentation and set the record straight.
Obama is still running the ad. Heritage has now produced this response: This is reminiscent of the way the Obama campaign has handled the scandal involving its decision to accept fraudulent donations online: it has attempted to ignore criticism and hope the media refuses to call attention to their offenses.
