Latest Fact-Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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“Executive” makes it right

September 2, 2008

Sarah Palin "already has more executive experience" than Barack Obama and Joe Biden "combined."

Palin was a sports reporter when Obama was organizing

August 31, 2008

When Sarah Palin was in government, Barack Obama was a community organizer.

Ten years in municipal government, two as governor

August 31, 2008

Sarah Palin "has had 12 years of elected office experience."

Each Alaskan got $1,200

August 29, 2008

When oil and gas prices sent state revenues up, Palin sent "a large share of that revenue directly back to the people of Alaska."

They oppose drilling but not nuclear energy

August 27, 2008

"Barack Obama and Joe Biden oppose new drilling at home and oppose nuclear power."

Not just China — other countries, too

August 26, 2008

The U.S. energy policy is to "borrow money from China to buy oil from countries that don't like us."

Obama sponsored state-level welfare law

August 25, 2008

While in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama passed legislation moving people "from welfare to jobs."

Obama sponsored earned income tax credit

August 25, 2008

While in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama passed "tax cuts for hard-working families."

More like one year ago

August 24, 2008

The Bush administration's latest plans for troop withdrawal from Iraq by 2011 are "more or less the same time frame I announced two years ago."

Obama does not reject his family

August 20, 2008

Barack Obama "rejects everyone white, including his mother and his grandparents."

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