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Deal’s support for T-SPLOST veers from tax pledge

By Eric Stirgus June 8, 2012

On opposing any and all efforts to increase taxes.

Did John Ludlow, as mayor of Wilsonville, drive TriMet out of town?

By Janie Har June 7, 2012

Says "As Mayor of Wilsonville, I drove TriMet out of town and replaced their bloated transit system with our own local bus line that offers…

Satire of Obama ‘birthers,’ Neil Abercrombie fools some emailers

By Louis Jacobson June 7, 2012

Says Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie made a late-night visit to Kinko’s to forge President Barack Obama’s birth certificate two days before Obama unveiled it to…

U.S. Rep. Hastings says Florida’s noncitizen voter purge is a “backdoor poll tax.”

By Amy Sherman June 7, 2012

Florida election officials’ requests to some residents to submit proof of citizenship is a "backdoor poll tax."

Bob Marshall says homosexual behavior cuts life expectancy by 20 years

By Sean Gorman June 7, 2012

Homosexual behavior "cuts your life by about 20 years."

Loretta Weinberg claims PolitiFact listed Chris Christie among the top 5 governors who told the most lies

By Erin O'Neill June 7, 2012

Says PolitiFact "listed Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin as the Governor who told the most lies" and "our own ‘untruthful’ Governor Chris Christie made it…

Jim Renacci says Betty Sutton has never held a town hall meeting with constituents

By Sabrina Eaton June 7, 2012

"There is no record of congresswoman Betty Sutton ... ever holding a single in-person town hall meeting open to the general public."

Gary Johnson tells Jon Stewart he has 8 percent support nationally

By Louis Jacobson June 6, 2012

"Right now, I’m polling at about 8 percent" against Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

New Pinellas redistricting maps trip up Jack Latvala

June 6, 2012

"District 22 includes about 80% of the district I have represented since 2010. District 20 includes about 20% of the area I have represented since…

New Jersey Democrats claim PolitiFact said it was True that Chris Christie is a fiscal phony

By Bill Wichert June 6, 2012

Says PolitiFact issued a True ruling on Paul Krugman calling "Governor Christie a ‘fiscal phony.’"

Josh Mandel says as state treasurer he “cut the budget”

By Tom Feran June 6, 2012

Says he "cut the budget."

Reed: Airport terminal opened “on time and on budget”

By Willoughby Mariano June 6, 2012

The new Hartsfield-Jackson international terminal was "on time and on budget."

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