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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2008-10-07 Nashville, Tenn.:
On the economic crisis, "the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Robert Farley • October 13, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2008-10-07 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:
"I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke [in March 2007], and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did anything about it."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Robert Farley • October 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on 2008-10-07 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:
Obama "voted for ... $3-million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago."
Half-True
By David DeCamp • October 10, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on 2008-10-07 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:
"I want to give every American a $5,000 refundable tax credit."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on 2008-10-02 a debate in St. Louis:
"As mayor, every year I was in office I did reduce taxes."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 3, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on 2008-09-30 a TV ad:
"Under Barack Obama's plan, the government would spend $1-trillion more."
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By Adriel Bettelheim, Angie Drobnic Holan • October 1, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2008-09-26 a debate in Oxford, Miss.:
"There are so many loopholes ... our businesses pay effectively one of the lowest tax rates in the world."
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By Robert Farley • September 30, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on 2008-09-30 an advertisement:
"John McCain fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie...but Democrats blocked the reforms."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • September 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2008-09-30 a TV ad:
"My plan offers three times as much tax relief to the middle class as Senator McCain's."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • September 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2008-09-26 Oxford, Miss.:
John McCain "has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 29, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2008-09-26 the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.:
Henry Kissinger "said that we should meet with Iran — guess what — without precondition."
Half-True
By Shawn Zeller • September 27, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2008-09-26 Oxford, Miss.:
Under Obama's tax plan, "95 percent of you will get a tax cut."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2008-09-22 a TV ad.:
John McCain would "reduce oversight of health insurance."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 22, 2008
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on 2008-09-12 blog postings on many Web sites.:
Sarah Palin endorsed a Wasilla policy that charged sexual assault victims for their "rape kits."
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By Bill Adair • September 22, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2008-09-17 Elko, Nev.:
McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 17, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on 2008-09-06 a radio address:
"I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • September 15, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on 2008-09-15 St. Clair Shores, Mich.:
"When George Bush said we shouldn't investigate why the government's response to Hurricane Katrina was so incompetent, John McCain stood with him."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • September 15, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on 2008-08-31 a chain e-mail:
"While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • September 9, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on 2008-08-27 Denver:
John McCain's tax plan will give no reduction "for 100-million American families."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2008-08-28 Denver:
"The average American family" saw income rise $7,500 under Bill Clinton and decline $2,000 under George Bush.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2008
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