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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 20, 2007 a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.:
"I have 35 years' experience making change."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • February 19, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2008 an ABC/Politico interview:
"I have something in common with my husband. He never carried caucuses either. He lost all of the ones that I've lost."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • February 13, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 1, 2008 a flyer sent prior to Super Tuesday:
"8 years of the Clintons, major losses for Democrats across the nation."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • February 11, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 10, 2008 a campaign rally in Alexandria, Va.:
"The last six polls, including this week's Time magazine, show that I beat John McCain by six or seven points."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 11, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 31, 2008 a debate in Los Angeles:
"George Bush sent people to war without body armor."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • February 4, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 3, 2008 a campaign event in Fairfield, Conn.:
"In her short time in the United States Senate, the senator from New York, Senator Clinton, got $500-million worth of pork barrel projects."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • February 4, 2008
Citizens United Political Victory Fund
Citizens United Political Victory Fund
stated on February 1, 2008 in a TV ad:
John McCain "voted against the Bush tax cuts, both times."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2008 Denver:
Hillary Clinton agrees with John McCain "by voting to give George Bush the benefit of the doubt on Iran."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 28, 2008 an automated call to voters:
"He told gay organizers in Massachusetts he would be a stronger advocate for special rights than even Ted Kennedy."
Mostly True
By John Frank • January 31, 2008
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 24, 2008 a debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:
Said he's the only Republican candidate "who's actually turned around a government economy."
Mostly True
By Neil Skene • January 28, 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
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 15, 2008 Las Vegas:
"Barack (Obama) has one of his biggest supporters in terms of funding, the Exelon Corporation, which has spent millions of dollars trying to make Yucca Mountain the waste depository."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 18, 2008
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 16, 2008 a TV ad:
"And he's the only candidate who will fight for a national catastrophe fund to reduce insurance rates."
Mostly True
By John Frank • January 18, 2008
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 16, 2008 a TV ad:
"And delivered more tax relief than the other Republicans combined."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • January 18, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 10, 2008 a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:
"I took on the worst road system in the country, according to Trucker's magazine. When I left, they said it was the most improved road system in the country."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • January 11, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 6, 2008:
The church Barack Obama belongs to has a "nonnegotiable commitment to Africa."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 11, 2008
Spike the Romney Attack Dog
Spike the Romney Attack Dog
stated on January 2, 2008 a mailer from the Romney campaign to Iowans:
"Mike Huckabee raised taxes on dog groomers!"
Mostly True
By Amy Hollyfield • January 7, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 31, 2007 a campaign event in Ames, Iowa:
"There's not a major bill I know with Hillary's name on it."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 7, 2008
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on December 23, 2007 a Meet the Press interview:
"If you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as much revenue as we had 10 years ago."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 2, 2008 a Web ad:
"Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience."
Mostly True
By Janet Zink • January 2, 2008
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