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Pray in Jesus Name Project
Pray in Jesus Name Project
stated on May 17, 2009 an advertisement
"The Pentagon under the Obama administration has just acknowledged seizing and burning the privately owned Bibles of American soldiers serving in Afghanistan."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 18, 2009
Mark Sanford
Mark Sanford
stated on April 30, 2009 a commentary piece
"Our government has now 'spent, lent, or committed' $12.8 trillion in its attempt to blunt the recession."
True
By Robert Farley • May 15, 2009
Steve King
Steve King
stated on May 6, 2009 a Fox News interview
The federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act bill would create "special protection for pedophiles."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • May 14, 2009
Miss California USA
Miss California USA
stated on May 12, 2009 a news conference.
"The president of the United States ... agrees with me" that marriage should be between a man and a woman.
True
By Robert Farley • May 12, 2009
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on April 23, 2009 a news conference.
"We were not, I repeat, were not told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation methods were used."
False
By Robert Farley • May 12, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 2, 2009 a chain e-mail
Obama used $20 million in federal money "to emmigrate (sic) Hamas Refugees to the USA."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • May 8, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 2, 2009 a chain e-mail
Obama's "first call (as president) to any head of state was to Mahmoud Abbas, leader of Fatah party in the Palestinian territory."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 8, 2009
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on February 27, 2009 a CPAC conference
Cass Sunstein, President Obama's nominee for regulatory czar, "wants to give legal standing to animals so they can sue you for eating meat."  
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 5, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 27, 2009
"Barack Obama's nominee for 'regulatory czar' has advocated a 'Fairness Doctrine' for the Internet" that would require links to opposing opinions.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 5, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 29, 2009 a news conference
In Iraq, "civilian deaths, incidents of bombings, etc., remain very low relative to what was going on last year."
True
By Robert Farley • April 30, 2009
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on April 26, 2009 a TV interview
"The Geneva Convention did not apply, until 2005, to the war on terror."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • April 28, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 19, 2009 a news conference.
"Venezuela is a country whose defense budget is probably 1/600th of the United States."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • April 21, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 16, 2009 a news conference.
"More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • April 17, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 24, 2009 a press release.
"Some even advocate wiping out 401(k)s entirely and replacing them with government-run accounts."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • April 13, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on April 8, 2009 an episode of his TV program.
"President Obama is actually increasing Bush-era defense spending by $21 billion in the new fiscal year."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • April 13, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 2, 2009 a chain e-mail.
Claims that former Sen. Tom Daschle said, "Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them."
False
By Robert Farley • April 3, 2009
Cato Institute
Cato Institute
stated on April 1, 2009 a political advertisement.
"There has been no net global warming for over a decade now."
False
By Robert Farley • April 1, 2009
Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on March 17, 2009 a speech on the Senate Floor.
On the propriety of budget reconciliation.
Half Flip
By Robert Farley • March 30, 2009
Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on March 25, 2009 a Fox News interview
Obama's budget plan would "take national debt up to about 80 percent of gross national product. ... Historically, it's been about 40 percent."
True
By Robert Farley • March 26, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 24, 2009 in a news conference.
His proposed budget would "cut our deficit in half by the end of my first term."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • March 25, 2009
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