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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 8, 2008:
"McCain will give more tax breaks to big oil."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • July 10, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 22, 2008 in a television interview:
John McCain has changed position on invading Iraq.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 3, 2008
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
stated on June 18, 2008 in an interview with "Democracy Now!," an independent radio program:
"I didn't say" it doesn't really matter whether Gore or Bush is president.
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • June 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 16, 2008 in Flint, Mich.:
"These steps (a middle-class tax cut, national health care plan, foreclosure prevention fund, Social Security fix and more) are all paid for."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • June 25, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 3, 2008 in a speech in New Orleans:
"In just a few years in office, Sen. Obama has accumulated the most liberal voting record in the Senate."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • June 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 4, 2008 in a news conference in Baton Rouge, La.:
"I've supported every investigation (into Hurricane Katrina) and ways of finding out how – what caused the tragedy. I've met with people on the ground. I've met with the governor."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 11, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on May 18, 2008 in a Web ad:
Obama's plan to raise the capital gains tax "hurts the middle class."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 11, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 1, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
"We are winning the popular vote."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 29, 2008 in Greensdale, Wis.:
"We have drawn down to presurge levels. Basra, Mosul and now Sadr City are quiet and it's long and it's tough and there will be setbacks."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • June 2, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 23, 2008 in 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
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 in 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 18, 2008 in 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 12, 2008 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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
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