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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 6, 2008 a Web site:
McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating with federal regulators... that allowed Keating to continue his fraud at an incredible cost to taxpayers.
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By Alexander Lane • October 6, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 St. Louis:
"John McCain said...in December he was surprised there was a subprime mortgage problem."
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By Alexander Lane • October 2, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 a debate in Oxford, Miss.:
McCain "said the other day that he would not meet potentially with the prime minister of Spain, because he . . . wasn't sure whether they were aligned with us."
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By Bill Adair • September 29, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 in debate in Oxford, Miss.:
"He has asked for $932-million of earmark pork-barrel spending, nearly a million dollars for every day that he’s been in the United States Senate."
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By Robert Farley • September 26, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 in debate in Oxford, Miss.:
"You know, we spent $3-million to study the DNA of bears in Montana."
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By Robert Farley • September 26, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2008 in a television ad:
Obama says McCain went to Bermuda and "pledged to protect tax breaks for American corporations that hide their profits offshore."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 24, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 19, 2008 Green Bay, Wis.:
Barack Obama got more campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "than any other member of Congress, except for the Democratic chairmen of the committee that oversees them."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 19, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 16, 2008 a speech in Tampa:
"Obama has asked for $932-million in earmarks, literally $1-million for every day that he’s been in Congress."
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By Shawn Zeller • September 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 12, 2008 a TV ad:
"He admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail."
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By Robert Farley • September 12, 2008
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.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 12, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 31, 2008 in an e-mail message:
Palin "fired Wasilla's Police Chief because he 'intimidated' her."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 8, 2008 a TV ad:
John McCain "took on the drug industry."
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By Adriel Bettelheim • September 9, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 31, 2008 a chain e-mail:
Palin "inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22-million."
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By Robert Farley • September 9, 2008
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on August 31, 2008 an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos.":
"Gov. Palin ... is somebody who actually doesn't believe that climate change is man-made."
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By Keith Perine • September 3, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2008 Springfield, Ill.:
"There's only four senators senior to me ... there's still 44 older than me."
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By Kathryn A. Wolfe • August 27, 2008
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on August 25, 2008 her address at the Democratic National Convention.:
As a state senator in Illinois, Obama made sure women got equal pay for equal work.
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By Richard Rubin • August 26, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 16, 2008 Orange County, Calif.:
"We spent $3-million of your money to study the DNA of bears."
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By Kathryn A. Wolfe • August 25, 2008
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on August 25, 2008 Denver:
While in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama passed legislation moving people "from welfare to jobs."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 25, 2008
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on August 25, 2008 Denver:
While in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama passed "tax cuts for hard-working families."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 25, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 23, 2008 Springfield, Ill.:
"Joe Biden wrote the Violence Against Women Act ... the rate of domestic violence went down dramatically."
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By Richard Rubin • August 24, 2008
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