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Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on April 6, 2009 an episode of her MSNBC show:
Gov. Sarah Palin "got precisely zero support for her call for Alaska's Democratic Senator Mark Begich to resign because Ted Stevens' corruption conviction was overturned."
False
By Alexander Lane • April 10, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 23, 2008 remarks by chief strategist Steve Schmidt:
"The McCain campaign is roughly in the position where Vice President Gore was running against President Bush one week before the election of 2000."
False
By Alexander Lane • December 3, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 19, 2008 a TV interview:
"The race will tighten, just because that's what happens at the end of campaigns. They always have."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • December 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 31, 2008 a TV interview:
"We are within the margin of error."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • October 30, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 21, 2008 a rally in Bensalem, Pa.:
"Sen. Obama's campaign announced that he's choosing his cabinet."
False
By Bill Adair • October 21, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 3, 2008 a speech at the Republican National Convention:
Sarah Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States."
Pants on Fire!
By Keith Perine • September 4, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 24, 2008:
On whether he wants to be vice president.
Full Flop
By Robert Farley • August 24, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 8, 2008 a news release:
"Barack Obama said he would debate 'anywhere, anytime' but has rejected joint town hall meetings."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • July 15, 2008
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
stated on June 18, 2008 an interview with "Democracy Now!," an independent radio program:
"I didn't say" it doesn't really matter whether Gore or Bush is president.
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • June 30, 2008
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
stated on June 18, 2008 an interview with "Democracy Now!," an independent radio program:
"The most recent Associated Press poll has Nader-Gonzalez at 6 percent, without any national coverage, against McCain and Obama."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • June 30, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 1, 2008 San Juan, Puerto Rico:
"We are winning the popular vote."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 3, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 23, 2008 Sioux Falls, S.D.:
It doesn't make sense "historically" to drop out because the 1968 race was still competitive when "Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 26, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2008 a speech in Tampa, Fla.:
When McCain was questioned about hiring lobbyists to his campaign staff, "his top lobbyist actually had the nerve to say, 'The American people won't care about this.' "
True
By Robert Farley • May 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2008 Tampa, Fla.:
McCain "hired some of the biggest lobbyists in Washington to run his campaign."
True
By Robert Farley • May 23, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 13, 2008 a speech in Charleston, W.Va.:
"The White House is won in the swing states, and I am winning the swing states."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • May 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 12, 2008 Logan, W. Va.:
"If West Virginia had voted for our Democratic nominee in 2000 and 2004, we wouldn't have had to put up with George Bush for the last 7 years."
Half-True
By Amy Hollyfield • May 15, 2008
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on April 22, 2008 Pittsburgh:
Denies that he said the Obama campaign "played the race card."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 22, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 24, 2008 an interview with the Philadelphia Daily News editorial board:
"My husband didn't wrap up the nomination until June."
Mostly False
By Stephanie Garry • April 9, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 25, 2008 a news conference in Greensburg, Pa.:
"I did very well with young people in Ohio, Massachusetts, California."
Half-True
By Stephanie Garry • April 8, 2008
Mike Gravel
Mike Gravel
stated on March 13, 2008 a YouTube video:
"I am a candidate. I have not withdrawn."
True
By Amy Hollyfield • March 26, 2008
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