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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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By Janet Zink • January 2, 2008
Chris Dodd
Chris Dodd
stated on October 30, 2007 a debate in Philadelphia
"The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her."
Mostly True
By David DeCamp • January 2, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 28, 2007 a TV ad
"McCain opposes repeal of the death tax."
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By Janet Zink • December 31, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on December 19, 2007 a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.
"One out of every four homeless people on our streets is a veteran."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 26, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 26, 2007 MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"He's (Romney) the one who said that he would be to the left of Teddy Kennedy on gay rights."
Mostly True
By Shawn Zeller • December 11, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 10, 2007 a TV ad
Mike Huckabee "supported taxpayer-funded scholarships for illegal aliens."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 11, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 28, 2007 St. Petersburg, Fla.
Romney failed to take action against "sanctuary cities" in Massachusetts.
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • November 28, 2007
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on November 26, 2007 Web "Spend-O-Meter"
"If Sen. Hillary Clinton could enact all of her campaign proposals, taxpayers would be faced with financing more than $777.6-billion in new spending over one White House term."
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By David Baumann • November 26, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 9, 2007 Dearborn, Mich.
"I believe in tax cuts. I believe in being a supply-sider. I cut the income tax I think it was 24 percent. We got 42 percent more revenues."
Mostly True
By Neil Skene • November 21, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 5, 2007 an interview on the Fox News Channel.
Huckabee "was one of the highest taxing governors that we had in this country and rivaling Bill Clinton in terms of the Cato ratings."
Mostly True
By Miranda Blue • November 14, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on October 29, 2007 a speech in Manchester, N.H.
"Our children's safety is potentially at risk because nearly half of the apple juice consumed by our children comes from apples grown in China."
Mostly True
By Tom Tobin • November 9, 2007
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