American Crossroads ad claims Obama’s position on taxes is “different” than it was in 2009.It isn't.

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From FactCheck.org: Obama No ‘Different’ Today on Taxes

The conservative group began airing a new TV ad in St. Louis on Oct. 3 in advance of the president’s fundraising trip to Missouri. The ad, titled “Don’t,” urges Obama not to raise taxes. But it distorts the president’s position on taxes two years ago by taking a snippet of an Obama interview in August 2009 and using it out of context.

Does the $1.5 trillion tax hike plan contradict what Obama said in 2009 about raising taxes “in the middle of a recession”? Is it true that “today he’s different”? No and no.

The $1.5 trillion tax hike proposal — which is spread over 10 years, a point not mentioned in the ad — is included in the deficit reduction plan he submitted Sept. 19 to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. The special committee was formed this summer as part of the bipartisan agreement to raise the nation’s debt limit.

American Crossroads creates an illusion that the president has changed his position on taxes by using a video clip of Obama saying, “The last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of a recession.” But the ad uses only a partial quote from the president. In fact, Obama was defending himself from criticism that he wanted to raise taxes during a recession. He told Todd that his tax proposals would not take effect “until after the recession was over.”

We take no position on whether Obama’s plan is good or bad for the economy, and we cannot predict whether there will be a double-dip recession. But we can say that his position on taxes is no “different” today than it was in 2009.

http://factcheck.org/2011/10/obama-no-different-today-on-taxes/