I wanna look at some of the ads Rick Scott has been putting out there against Bill McCollum and the legitimacy behind them. I will try to provide strong evidence and sources claiming these ads to be just barely true, misleading and some flat out lies.

The two main sources I am pulling from are FactCheck.org and PolitiFact.com

Claim: Bill McCollum Received Planned Parenthood Money:

“Bill McCollum has accepted thousands from lobbyists for Planned Parenthood.”

The Truth: False.

“Arnold & Porter, the registered Planned Parenthood lobbyist, did contribute to McCollum — a whopping $2,000 that we could identify. […] For the record, Arnold & Porter’s political action committee also has donated to Republicans like former Missouri Sen. John Ashcroft, current Florida U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, House Majority Leader John Boehner, and former President George W. Bush […]

Here’s the first problem: Arnold & Porter wasn’t registered as a Planned Parenthood lobbyist when it made those contributions to McCollum, records show.

And here’s another one: It’s a gigantic leap to say those contributions had anything to do with Planned Parenthood. Using the same logic, you can stick Bush, Boehner, Ashcroft and all those other Republicans with the same label.”

The article goes on to say:

“When McCollum ran for the U.S. Senate in 2000, the National Right To Life Political Action Committee spent $114,835 on his behalf. Oh, this, too: In his last year in Congress, 1999, McCollum received a 0 percent rating from Planned Parenthood and a 100 percent rating from the National Right to Life Committee. […]

But there’s no evidence — scratch that. We don’t think any logical person would conclude that Arnold & Porter’s contributions to McCollum and its future business with Planned Parenthood have anything to do with the other. The Truth-O-Meter is hot under the collar about this one. We say Pants on Fire! “

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