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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 8, 2008 a speech in Washington, D.C.
"McCain used to buck his party on immigration by fighting for comprehensive reform. . . . But when he was running for his party's nomination, he . . . said that he wouldn't even support his own legislation if it came up for a vote."
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By Adriel Bettelheim • July 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 8, 2008 an appearance on Fox News' "Fox and Friends"
"I investigated Abramoff and people ended up in jail."
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By Adriel Bettelheim • July 15, 2008
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
stated on June 18, 2008 an interview with "Democracy Now!," an independent radio program
"The most recent Associated Press poll has Nader-Gonzalez at 6 percent, without any national coverage, against McCain and Obama."
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By Alexander Lane • June 30, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 18, 2008 Springfield, Mo.
"I've always said it's (offshore drilling) up to the states and I still say that."
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By Robert Farley • June 26, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 19, 2008 a television ad
Barack Obama "passed laws moving people from welfare to work."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 19, 2008 a television ad
Barack Obama "cut taxes for working families."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on June 4, 2008 a news release
"Obama has maintained a friendship with a now convicted felon."
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By Robert Farley • June 18, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 a speech on energy in Houston
Obama "wants a windfall profits tax on oil to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas."
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By Bill Adair • June 18, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 a comment by McCain campaign adviser Carly Fiorina on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"George Bush, and a Republican Congress, have presided over a 55 percent increase in the size of domestic government spending in the last seven years."
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By Adriel Bettelheim • June 18, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 12, 2008 a campaign e-mail to reporters
"McCain lobbied for (a) $10-million pork project honoring conservative justice."
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By Shawn Zeller • June 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 20, 2008 an interview on Fox News' America's Election HQ
"Ronald Reagan met with Gorbachev; Kennedy met with Khruschev; and Nixon met with Mao — and these were folks who have done horrendous damage not only to their own countries but to other countries."
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By Will Van Sant • June 4, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 26, 2008 a speech in Las Cruces, N.M.
"I had an uncle ... who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps."
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By Robert Farley • May 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 12, 2008 a statement by a spokesman
"Obama himself voted against funding our nation's veterans and troops in the field during a time of war."
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By Adriel Bettelheim • May 19, 2008
Bob Barr
Bob Barr
stated on May 12, 2008 a news conference announcing his Libertarian candidacy in Washington, D.C.
Eliminating earmarks "would make barely a drop in the bucket with regard to the national debt, the deficit."
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By Shawn Zeller • May 13, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 21, 2008 a debate in Austin, Texas.
"We borrow money from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis."
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By Adriel Bettelheim • May 12, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 25, 2008 a media availability in Little Rock, Ark.
"It is just a fact that Hamas, apparently the North American spokesperson, is endorsing Senator Obama."
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By Bill Adair • May 9, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2008 a campaign speech in Williamsport, Pa.
"More people without health care since George Bush took office; more children in poverty since George Bush took office."
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By Adriel Bettelheim • May 8, 2008
Florida Consumer Action Network
Florida Consumer Action Network
stated on April 29, 2008 a press conference in Tampa
"For what we spend in just one week in Iraq, 800,000 children could get health insurance for an entire year."
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By Janet Zink • May 7, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 20, 2008 a television interview.
"My friend, we have increased the size of government by some 40 percent just in the last few years."
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By Will Van Sant • May 7, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2008 a television interview
A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2008
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