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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 29, 2008 in North Carolina:
McCain called for less regulation 21 times just this year.
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • October 29, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 12, 2008 in a television interview:
Between 40 and 50 percent of tax filers do not owe any income tax.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 20, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 in Hempstead, N.Y.:
"Obama said he would unilaterally renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement."
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By Alexander Lane • October 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.:
A mortgage buyback plan is "my proposal, it's not Sen. Obama's proposal, it's not President Bush's proposal."
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By Robert Farley • October 9, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:
John McCain "is proposing tax cuts that would give the average Fortune 500 CEO an additional $700,000 in tax cuts."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 8, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 6, 2008 in Clearwater, Fla.:
"Obama held one of the first meetings of his political career in Bill Ayers's home. And they've worked together on various projects in Chicago."
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By Robert Farley • October 6, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 6, 2008 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 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 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 in 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 in 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
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 11, 2008 in 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 12, 2008 in 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
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 31, 2008 in 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 in 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 in a chain e-mail:
Palin "inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22-million."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • September 9, 2008
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on August 31, 2008 in an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos.":
"Gov. Palin ... is somebody who actually doesn't believe that climate change is man-made."
Mostly True
By Keith Perine • September 3, 2008
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