Latest Fact Checks By Alexander Lane

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Obama’s been critical of NAFTA

By Alexander Lane
October 15, 2008
"Obama said he would unilaterally renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement."
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Not a radical group, and Ayers didn’t run it

By Alexander Lane
October 10, 2008
"(Bill) Ayers and Obama ran a radical education foundation together."
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Obama sounded the alarm on subprimes

By Alexander Lane
October 8, 2008
"Two years ago...I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke, and told them [subprime lending] is something we have to deal…
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Obama revives an 80s scandal

By Alexander Lane
October 6, 2008
McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating with federal regulators... that allowed Keating to continue his fraud at an incredible cost to taxpayers.
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McCain and Biden agree on military matters? Barely, not adamantly

By Alexander Lane
October 3, 2008
"You had supported John McCain's military strategies pretty adamantly until this race."
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Palin exaggerates status, cost of pipeline

By Alexander Lane
October 3, 2008
"We're building a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline, which is North America's largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever."
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Biden more or less right on McCain’s subprime surprise

By Alexander Lane
October 2, 2008
"John McCain said...in December he was surprised there was a subprime mortgage problem."
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A clean hit? Not quite

By Alexander Lane
October 1, 2008
"Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal."
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Fannie, Freddie and John, at odds in 2006

By Alexander Lane
September 30, 2008
"John McCain fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie...but Democrats blocked the reforms."
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McCain flubs military history

By Alexander Lane
September 26, 2008
"President Eisenhower, on the night before the Normandy invasion...[wrote a] letter of resignation to the United States Army for the failure of the landings at…
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Iran ain’t Miami Beach, but beatings and killings for immodesty? No

By Alexander Lane
September 25, 2008
"If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed."
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