Fact Check Posts – Page 175

Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.:

"And 100 percent, John, of your ads . . . 100 percent of them have been negative."

By Robert Farley • December 3, 2008

Sarah Palin
stated on October 24, 2008 a speech in Springfield, Mo.:

Obama would "experiment with socialism."

By Alexander Lane • December 3, 2008

Chain email
stated on October 19, 2008 a chain e-mail:

Michelle Obama ordered $400 worth of lobster and caviar at a New York hotel.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 2, 2008

Chain email
stated on October 25, 2008 a widely circulated e-mail:

Says Obama wants to redesign the American flag "to better offer our enemies hope and love."

By Bill Adair • October 25, 2008

Republican National Committee
stated on October 21, 2008 a direct mail piece:

"Barack Obama thinks terrorists just need a good talking to."

By Alexander Lane • October 22, 2008

Sarah Palin
stated on October 11, 2008 an interview with reporters:

"The truth was revealed there in that report that showed there was no unlawful or unethical activity on my part."

By Robert Farley • October 14, 2008

John McCain
stated on October 9, 2008 a Web ad:

"(Bill) Ayers and Obama ran a radical education foundation together."

By Alexander Lane • October 10, 2008

Planned Parenthood
stated on October 1, 2008 a TV ad.:

Says McCain "voted to let governments charge rape victims" for forensic exams.

By Bill Adair • October 1, 2008

National Rifle Association
stated on August 1, 2008 direct mail piece:

"Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment…Ban use of firearms for home defense."

By Alexander Lane • September 23, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on September 18, 2008 a video ad.:

Obama ad contends that John McCain endorses Rush Limbaugh's comments about immigration.

By Robert Farley • September 19, 2008

John McCain
stated on September 9, 2008 in a television ad:

Obama's one education accomplishment was "legislation to teach 'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 11, 2008

John McCain
stated on September 9, 2008 a Web ad:

Says Obama called Sarah Palin a pig.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 10, 2008

Chain email
stated on September 8, 2008:

"The Books Sarah Palin tried to have banned."

By Robert Farley • September 10, 2008

Mike Huckabee
stated on September 3, 2008 a speech at the Republican National Convention:

Sarah Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States."

By Keith Perine • September 4, 2008

Brian Schweitzer
stated on August 26, 2008:

McCain's energy plan is a "single-answer proposition" — new domestic oil drilling.

By Robert Farley • August 27, 2008

John McCain
stated on August 20, 2008 a radio ad called "Millions":

Obama wants to increase the size of government by 23 percent.

By Richard Rubin • August 23, 2008

Jerome R. Corsi
stated on August 1, 2008 his book The Obama Nation. :

Barack Obama "rejects everyone white, including his mother and his grandparents."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 20, 2008

John McCain
stated on June 25, 2008 a Web ad:

Says Obama opposes innovation, the electric car and "clean, safe, nuclear energy."

By Bill Adair • June 27, 2008

Chain email
stated on May 19, 2008 an e-mail message:

From Obama's book: "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2008

Republican Party of Florida
stated on May 28, 2008 an e-mail.:

"Fidel Castro endorses Obama."

By Robert Farley • June 5, 2008

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