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Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 in the State of the State address:

Cover Florida "is available to any Floridian, offering basic coverage for about $150 a month, instead of the typical $600 a month."

By Bill Adair, John Frank • March 3, 2010

Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
stated on September 26, 2008 in a TV ad:

"Palin (proposed) a $150 bounty for the severed foreleg of each killed wolf."

By John Frank • October 1, 2008

Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
stated on September 26, 2008 in a TV ad:

Palin supports "aerial hunting of wolves and other wildlife."

By John Frank • October 1, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on June 13, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio:

"When he was asked a few years ago whether he could see himself lifting the cap on the payroll tax, (McCain) said, 'I could.' But today he's attacking me for holding the very same position."

By John Frank • June 26, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2008 in an interview with theadvocate.com:

"I'm the product of a mixed marriage that would have been illegal in 12 states when I was born."

By John Frank • April 15, 2008

Hillary Clinton
stated on April 1, 2008 in Philadelphia.:

McCain's "plan for the economy is to extend George Bush's tax cuts for billionaires and give a $100-billion additional corporate tax cut."

By John Frank • April 2, 2008

John McCain
stated on January 28, 2008 in an automated call to voters:

"He told gay organizers in Massachusetts he would be a stronger advocate for special rights than even Ted Kennedy."

By John Frank • January 31, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on January 23, 2008 in a radio ad in South Carolina:

"But it was Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Tom Brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to Ronald Reagan's economic and foreign policy."

By John Frank • January 25, 2008

Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 16, 2008 in a TV ad:

"And he's the only candidate who will fight for a national catastrophe fund to reduce insurance rates."

By John Frank • January 18, 2008

John McCain
stated on January 6, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.:

"I have never asked for nor received a single earmark or pork barrel project for my state."

By John Frank • January 15, 2008

Mitt Romney
stated on January 14, 2008 in a TV interview on CBS.:

"(My dad) used to campaign against the gas-guzzling dinosaurs."

By John Frank • January 15, 2008

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.:

"Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies."

By John Frank • January 6, 2008

Rudy Giuliani
stated on December 5, 2007 in a TV ad:

"Iranian mullahs took American hostages and they held the American hostages for 444 days. ...The one hour in which they released them was the one hour in which Ronald Reagan was taking the Oath of Office …"

By John Frank • December 18, 2007

Duncan Hunter
stated on October 31, 2007 in a Fox News interview:

"And, you know, our first president and our first commander in chief prayed every day. He had a field manual of prayers."

By John Frank • December 18, 2007

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 10, 2007 in a town hall meeting in Derry, N.H.:

"The estate tax, which came into being by Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and others ... is there for a real simple reason: In America, we've never liked the idea of massive inherited wealth."

By John Frank • December 18, 2007

John McCain
stated on November 29, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg:

" ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."

By John Frank • December 18, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 9, 2007 in Dearborn, Mich.:

''The leading Democratic candidate once said that the unfettered free market is the most destructive force in modern America.''

By John Frank • November 13, 2007

Fred Thompson
stated on September 7, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa:

"I've seen (life) from the factory floor when I was working the graveyard shift ...and I'd be ankle-deep in water at the Murray Ohio bicycle plant where I was running a machine that was so loud I couldn't hear myself yell if I wanted to."

By John Frank • October 18, 2007

Dennis Kucinich
stated on September 26, 2007 in Hanover, N.H.:

"Social Security ... is solid through about 2040 without any changes whatsoever."

By John Frank • September 27, 2007

Barack Obama
stated on June 19, 2007 in Washington, DC.:

"And it's going to be difficult for us to do this as long as we're spending $275 million a day on a war that should have never been authorized..."

By John Frank • September 20, 2007

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