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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 23, 2008 Sioux Falls, S.D.:
It doesn't make sense "historically" to drop out because the 1968 race was still competitive when "Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 26, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 18, 2008 a speech in Gresham, Ore.:
"Privatizing Social Security was a bad idea when George W. Bush proposed it. It's a bad idea today. Sen. McCain's campaign went even further ... suggesting ... to cut cost-of-living adjustments or to raise the retirement age."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 22, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 an e-mail:
John McCain, "one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires," says the solution to the housing crisis is for people to get a "second job" and "skip their vacations."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 22, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 12, 2008 Charleston, W.V.:
John McCain "is one of the few senators of either party who oppose this bill (to expand education aid for veterans) because he thinks it's too generous."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 19, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 13, 2008 a speech in Charleston, W.Va.:
"The White House is won in the swing states, and I am winning the swing states."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • May 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2008 in a television ad:
"Clinton aides admit it (a gas tax holiday) won't do much for you – but would help her politically."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 7, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 2, 2008 a speech at a Democratic Party dinner:
There are prototype cars that get between 100 and 150 miles per gallon and "we could have those cars in your garages in a couple of years."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • May 6, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 27, 2008 Coral Gables, Fla.:
Rev. Wright said "that al-Qaida and the American flag were the same flags."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • April 30, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on April 24, 2008 a Web video.:
Says Obama flip-flopped on a gas-tax "holiday."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • April 24, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 20, 2008 in a television ad:
Barack Obama's health care plan "will cost taxpayers $1,700 more to cover each new person."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 21, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 9, 2008 campaign event in Westport, Conn.:
After Reagan took office, "we didn't raise taxes and we didn't cut entitlements. What we did was we cut taxes."
Mostly False
By Shawn Zeller • April 18, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 13, 2008 a chain e-mail:
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise capital gains taxes, which apply to home sales.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 10, 2008 a speech in Brooklyn, N.Y.:
If the U.S. stops adding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, it "will lessen worldwide demand for oil" and reduce prices.
Mostly False
By Wes Allison • April 16, 2008
Focus on the Family Action
Focus on the Family Action
stated on March 26, 2008 a Web article:
Obama supports "teaching schoolchildren — in 2nd grade, no less — about homosexual relationships."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • April 15, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 24, 2008 an interview with the Philadelphia Daily News editorial board:
"My husband didn't wrap up the nomination until June."
Mostly False
By Stephanie Garry • April 9, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 17, 2008 Washington, D.C.:
As first lady, Clinton would travel to places that were "too small, too poor or too dangerous" for the president.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 4, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 13, 2008 a chain e-mail:
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on dividends, a move that would crash the stock market.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 24, 2008
Tennessee Republican Party
Tennessee Republican Party
stated on February 25, 2008 a news release:
"The board of a nonprofit organization on which Obama served as a paid director ... granted funding to a controversial Arab group."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • March 14, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 11, 2008 a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pa.:
Obama voted for "tax subsidies and giveways" that have slowed oil companies from pursuing clean energy sources.
Mostly False
By Dina Cappiello • March 12, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 5, 2008 an interview on CNN's American Morning.:
"I negotiated open borders to let fleeing refugees into safety from Kosovo."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 10, 2008
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