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Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 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."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair, John Frank • March 3, 2010
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
stated on September 26, 2008 a TV ad
"Palin (proposed) a $150 bounty for the severed foreleg of each killed wolf."
True
By John Frank • October 1, 2008
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
stated on September 26, 2008 a TV ad
Palin supports "aerial hunting of wolves and other wildlife."
True
By John Frank • October 1, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 13, 2008 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."
True
By John Frank • June 26, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2008 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."
Mostly True
By John Frank • April 15, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 1, 2008 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."
Half-True
By John Frank • April 2, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 28, 2008 an automated call to voters
"He told gay organizers in Massachusetts he would be a stronger advocate for special rights than even Ted Kennedy."
Mostly True
By John Frank • January 31, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 23, 2008 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."
Half-True
By John Frank • January 25, 2008
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 16, 2008 a TV ad
"And he's the only candidate who will fight for a national catastrophe fund to reduce insurance rates."
Mostly True
By John Frank • January 18, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 6, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
"I have never asked for nor received a single earmark or pork barrel project for my state."
False
By John Frank • January 15, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 14, 2008 a TV interview on CBS.
"(My dad) used to campaign against the gas-guzzling dinosaurs."
True
By John Frank • January 15, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
"Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies."
True
By John Frank • January 6, 2008
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on December 5, 2007 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 …"
Mostly False
By John Frank • December 18, 2007
Duncan Hunter
Duncan Hunter
stated on October 31, 2007 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."
False
By John Frank • December 18, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 10, 2007 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."
Mostly False
By John Frank • December 18, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on November 29, 2007 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."
True
By John Frank • December 18, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 9, 2007 Dearborn, Mich.
''The leading Democratic candidate once said that the unfettered free market is the most destructive force in modern America.''
False
By John Frank • November 13, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on September 7, 2007 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."
Mostly True
By John Frank • October 18, 2007
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on September 26, 2007 Hanover, N.H.
"Social Security ... is solid through about 2040 without any changes whatsoever."
True
By John Frank • September 27, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 19, 2007 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..."
Mostly True
By John Frank • September 20, 2007
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