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Dana Milbank
Dana Milbank
stated on January 3, 2010 a column in the Washington Post
"Americans admire Glenn Beck more than they admire the pope."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 14, 2009 a chain e-mail
The Obama White House is renaming Christmas trees "holiday trees."
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • October 14, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 25, 2009 an e-mail received by many people.
"The ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 2, 2009
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 30, 2009 an e-mail
Inside the stimulus package "is anti-Christian legislation that will stop churches from using public schools for meeting on Sundays, as well as Boy Scouts and student Bible study groups."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 8, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 1, 2009 interview with Canal Plus Television
"If you actually took the number of Muslims [sic] Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world."
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • June 4, 2009
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
May 18, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 8, 2009 a radio broadcast
"You can't read a speech by George Washington . . . without hearing him reference God, the Almighty."
False
By Alexander Lane • April 10, 2009
Barney Frank
Barney Frank
stated on December 21, 2008 TV interview
"Mr. Warren compared same-sex couples to incest."
Mostly False
January 14, 2009
People for the American Way
People for the American Way
stated on December 17, 2008 Press release
The Rev. Rick Warren "has called Christians who advance a social gospel Marxists."  
Mostly False
January 14, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 11, 2008 Fairbanks, Alaska
Sarah Palin was repeating "Abraham Lincoln's words" in discussing the war in Iraq.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 12, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 16, 2008 Saddleback Valley Community Church in Orange County, Calif.
"It (Georgia) was one of the earliest Christian nations. The king of then-Georgia in the third century converted to Christianity."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • August 19, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 19, 2008 an e-mail message
Obama said he would "stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 an e-mail message
"The pastor McCain calls his 'spiritual guide,' Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a 'false religion.' "
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 15, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 an e-mail message
McCain sought the political support of minister John Hagee, "who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church 'the Antichrist' and a 'false cult.'"
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 15, 2008
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 25, 2008 a posting on the Obama campaign blog.
"Clinton's former pastor convicted of child molestation."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • May 14, 2008
Focus on the Family Action
Focus on the Family Action
stated on March 26, 2008 an article written by Tom Minnery
Obama "supports hate-crimes expansion ... potentially putting churches at risk if they preach the truth about homosexuality."
False
April 23, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 19, 2008 a chain e-mail
"According to The Book of Revelations the anti-christ ... will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent ... is it OBAMA??"
Pants on Fire!
April 2, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on March 19, 2008 a news conference in Israel
The Jewish holiday Purim is "their version of Halloween here."
False
March 20, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 18, 2008
Barack Obama's church gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 23, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 18, 2008
Obama "remains silent" and "is never asked how he feels about his church honoring Farrakhan."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 23, 2008
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