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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 21, 2008 Chester, Va. :
The Bush administration's latest plans for troop withdrawal from Iraq by 2011 are "more or less the same time frame I announced two years ago."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 24, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2008 interview by Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod:
John McCain has seven houses.
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By Stephanie Garry • August 22, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 5, 2008 Youngstown, Ohio:
McCain, "voted against renewable sources of energy, against biofuels, against solar power, against wind power.... "
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By Seth Stern • August 22, 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."
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By Alexander Lane • August 19, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 12, 2008 a widely circulated chain e-mail.:
Says Obama replaced the American flag on the tail of his plane with his campaign logo.
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By Bill Adair • August 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008 a TV ad:
"Big oil's filling John McCain's campaign with $2-million in contributions."
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By Alexander Lane • August 6, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 28, 2008 an interview on CNN's Larry King Live :
Spending increases, not tax cuts, are the major cause of the federal budget deficit.
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By Richard Rubin • August 6, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 18, 2008 a television ad:
"Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 21, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 18, 2008 a television ad:
Obama "hasn't been to Iraq in years."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 21, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 11, 2008 a speech in Dayton, Ohio:
"We've heard talk about curbing our use of fossil fuels in nearly every State of the Union address since the oil embargo of 1973."
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By Alexander Lane • July 18, 2008
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
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