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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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