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Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on 2007-07-01 "Innovators in Action" magazine:
"The $2.3-billion budget deficit I inherited when I came into office became a $2.9-billion surplus."
Half-True
By Neil Skene • November 21, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on 2007-10-11 Plymouth, N.H.:
"Americans spend 100-million hours a year filling out these forms (FAFSA). That is the equivalent of 55,500 full-time jobs."
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • November 20, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on 2007-11-02 a television interview.:
"America never made up for the gutting of the intelligence services that Bill Clinton did. I think those are (former CIA director George) Tenet's words ... that Bill Clinton gutted American intelligence."
Half-True
By Shawn Zeller • November 19, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on 2007-08-02 a news release.:
"As governor of Arkansas, I cut taxes and fees almost 100 times, saving the taxpayers almost $380-million. I left a surplus of nearly $850-million."
Half-True
By Miranda Blue • November 14, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on 2007-11-04 Clinton, Iowa:
"My husband has not withheld a single document."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 10, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on 2007-10-09 an interview on CNBC.:
"John McCain is right on that one. The line-item veto is the best tool the president has to rein in excessive spending."
Half-True
By David Baumann • November 7, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on 2007-09-28 a speech to the Hispanic Business Expo in Detroit.:
"Our tax code is so complicated it extracts $140 billion in extra tax preparation costs every year - one thousand dollars for every American family."
Half-True
By Janet Zink • November 5, 2007
Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
stated on 2007-11-13 an interview on CNN.:
"There was a report that came out from the FBI – a warning, not a report ... saying that, in fact, al-Qaida was planning to attack malls during the Christmas holidays."
Half-True
By Lissa August • November 5, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on 2007-10-30 a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pa.:
"I've got the most international experience here."
Half-True
By Michael Van Sickler • November 4, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2007-10-30 a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pa.:
"I'm the only person on this stage who has worked actively just last year passing, along with Russ Feingold, some of the toughest ethics reform since Watergate."
Half-True
By Nell Benton • October 31, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on 2007-10-25:
Sen. Obama "made the very argument he is now criticizing back in November 2006."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • October 29, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2007-10-21:
Obama spokesman Bill Burton says Clinton gave Bush "a blank check on a critical foreign policy issue."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 29, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on 2007-10-05 an interview on CNN:
"Going to public financing really disadvantages Democrats because you're not able to raise funds between the day you win the primaries and the time you're officially nominated."
Half-True
By Tom Tobin • October 26, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on 2007-10-05 an interview on CNN.:
"Fences have not worked. The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall. That's not good among peoples, especially friends like the United States and Mexico."
Half-True
By Tom Tobin • October 23, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on 2007-10-21 a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.:
President Clinton "reduced the scale of our military dramatically."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • October 22, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on 2007-10-12:
"First, he said he would take all of our troops out in six months, and now he acknowledges it would take a year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 17, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on 2007-09-20 a television interview.:
"John Edwards never -- has ever from the beginning of his political career has never taken PAC money or the money of Washington lobbyists. Ever." -Joe Trippi, senior campaign adviser
Half-True
By Michael Van Sickler • October 16, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on 2007-10-08 a campaign Web site.:
"Earmarked dollars have doubled just since 2000, and more than tripled in the last 10 years."
Half-True
By David Baumann • October 12, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on 2007-10-09 Dearborn, Mich.:
"A lot of people don't know that 50,000 Americans now make their living off eBay."
Half-True
By Janet Zink • October 9, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on 2007-10-09 a debate in Dearborn, Mich.:
"I cut taxes 23 times when I was mayor of New York City."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2007
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